India’s Home Minister P Chidambaram has joined the league of former U S President George W Bush. In a shocking incident, a Sikh journalist threw a shoe at Chidambaram at a press conference.
Jarnail Singh, a reporter with the Dainik Jagran newspaper threw a shoe at Chidambaram in protest against the Central Bureau of Investigation giving a clean chit to senior Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. The reporter threw the shoe after he picked up an argument with Chidambaram, who politely asked him not to debate with him on the issue.
Though the shoe did not hit Chidamabaram, it was a great shock to all gathered, both the journalists and the officials at the All Indian Congress Committee Head quarters, where the press conference was held.
Well, the Sikh community has widespread protest against giving a clean chit to Tytler. But this act has no justification. It is an act that should be condemned as it has violated the journalistic ethics of non-partisan journalism.
The trend of shoe hurling to register protests began with Iraqi television journalist, Muntadar al-Zaidi, throwing a shoe at Bush at a press conference in Baghdad.
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