Watch: Shoe hurled at Congress VP Rahul Gandhi during his road show in Sitapur

A person attempted to hurl a shoe at Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi during his road show in Sitapur in Uttar Pradesh on Monday.

Later, the police arrested the local who tried to hurl shoe at Rahul and started questioning him.

Rahul Gandhi, who arrived in Sitapur on his 'Deoria to Dilli kisan yatra' during which he was raising issues related to farmers.

During his rallies, the Congress vice president accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of not paying heed to the problems of farmers.

So far, Rahul has addressed 17 khat sabhas, 12 mega shows and over 500 public meetings during his yatra, a Congress leader said.

Local hurls a shoe towards Congress VP Rahul Gandhi during his road show in Sitapur(UP),detained by police pic.twitter.com/oU3YsB3Fru

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