New Delhi, Aug 15: The National Conference minister and Union Minister Farooq Abdullah said the policeman, who threw the shoe on his son and chief minister Omar Abdullah, must have been angry as action was taken against him by the government.
 “The policeman is angry because he was dismissed from the job. So how does it matter. One mad man does something, does it mean everybody is mad,” he said when asked about the incident.
 Meanwhile, the Congress condemned the hurling of a shoe at Omar Abdullah and said “divisive forces” in the Valley could be behind it.
 “I think the whole incident should be condemned in the strongest possible words. I think it has become a fashion to hurl shoes on anyone without thinking about the consequences. This incident is completely uncalled for and whoever has done it must be punished,” senior Congress leader Rajiv Shukla said.

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