A man hurled a shoe at All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi while he was voicing his opposition on the triple talaq issue at the rally in Nagpada, south Mumbai.
The Mumbai Police said the MP was not hurt in the incident and the accused has been identified but not arrested yet.
“I am willing to lay down my life for my democratic rights. These are all frustrated people, who cannot see that the government decision on triple talaq has not been accepted by the masses in general and Muslims in particular,” Owaisi later told a news agency.
“These people (referring to the person who threw the shoe at him) are the ones who follow the ideology of the killers of Mahatma Gandhi, Govind Pansare and Narendra Dabholkar,” he said.
