Zee Media Bureau
Varanasi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal faced a barrage of stones and brickbats thrown at him by over a dozen youth shouting "Har Har Modi, Ghar Ghar Modi" slogans near the Banaras Hindu University campus Thursday evening, police and eyewitnesses said.
One unidentified youth was arrested.
Kejriwal was on his door-to-door campaign when the attack took place while he was at the famous Keshav Paan shop at Lanka around 8 pm.
Commenting on the protest by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters, the AAP chief said he is ready to face anything and, added that protests will happen as he has challenged the vested interest of some powerful people.
"They are protesting and they will do that, especially after you challenge the biggest vested interests in the country. We are ready to face all of this. You face obstacles when you walk on the path of the truth but in the end only the truth prevails," said Kejriwal.
He appealed to his supporters not to indulge in any kind of violence with anybody, and asked them to maintain peace.
Keshav Chaurasia, the owner of the paan shop, has been proposed by the BJP to be one of the proposers of Modi when the latter files his nomination. Pappu, the owner of a popular tea stall at Assi, is another proposer. Pappu`s tea stall was one of the prominent venues for Modi`s famous `chai pe charcha` programme last month.
Kejriwal made it a point to include Pappu`s tea stall and Keshav`s paan shop in his public contact programme during which he is inviting questions and suggestions from the public.
With IANS/ANI inputs
