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Manmohan Singh on attack on Rahul: Political violence has no

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Aug 04 2017 | 9:57 PM IST
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tonight strongly condemned the attack on Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi in Gujarat and said "political violence has no place in a functioning democracy".
A cement brick was hurled at Gandhi's car by a man, suspected to be a BJP supporter, smashing a glass-pane at the rear end, during a tour of flood-hit Banaskantha district of Gujarat, police said.
Gandhi, however, escaped unhurt and proceeded to the next place on his itinerary--Runi village in Thara taluka--where he asserted he would not get cowed down by such protests.
Singh strongly condemned the attack, the office of the former prime minister said in a statement.
"Political violence has no place in a functioning democracy," the statement quoted Singh as saying.
Superintendent of Police Neeraj Badgujar said the man who threw the brick at the Congress leader's car has been detained.

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First Published: Aug 04 2017 | 9:57 PM IST

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