Another target of the footwear missile, BS Yeddyurappa came under attack when he was addressing an election meeting on 28th April, 2009.
The incident took place while Yeddyurappa was campaigning for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Channarayapatna in Hassan district, around 150 km from Bangalore.
The slipper fell far from the dais and the man who threw it was nabbed by police and charged with assault.
The attacker was a drunkard.
