The main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday condemned a journalist's shoe attack against Home Minister P Chidambaram but also advised the Congress to withdraw the Lok Sabha candidatures of its riot tainted leaders Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar.

"The BJP condemns any incident which is uncivilised or any language which goes against the basic ethos of India. But the Congress party should learn from what has happened today," said BJP spokesperson Siddharth Nath Singh.