Congress Worker Throws Ink On Ex Minister As Father Denied Gujarat Poll Ticket
NDTV
A party functionary said the incident occurred when ex-minister Bharatsinh Solanki was leaving the Congress office after attending a press conference, and the ink left his clothes stained.
Congress worker upset over his father being denied a ticket for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections allegedly threw black ink on senior party leader and former Union minister Bharatsinh Solanki outside the party headquarters here on Sunday, police said.
Mr Solanki was leaving 'Rajiv Bhavan', the Congress headquarters, after attending a press conference when the incident happened, leaving his clothes stained, police officials and party functionaries said.
"The person who threw black ink on Mr Solanki was also a Congress member and was unhappy because his father was denied a ticket from Ellisbridge Assembly seat (in Ahmedabad)," Inspector B G Chetariya of Ellisbridge police station said.
"Policemen present at the spot recorded his statement. Solanki did not file a complaint saying the person who threw ink on him belonged to his party," Chetariya added.
