Vadodara: Slipper hurled at Gujarat deputy CM Nitin Patel

A slipper was hurled at Gujarat deputy CM Nitin Patel when he was speaking to media persons at Kurali village in Karjan taluka of Vadodara district. He had gone there to address an election rally for the upcoming bypolls. The slipper hit the microphones just inches away from the deputy CM's face. The Karjan byelections have emerged as a keen contest between the ruling BJP and opposition Congress. Akshay Patel of the BJP resigned as an MLA after being elected from the Congress in 2017. He joined the BJP and is now contesting on a BJP ticket. The Congress has pitted Kiritsinh Jadeja against Patel.