Congress leader Hardik Patel on Friday filed a police complaint after he was slapped by an unidentified person during a rally here. The incident happened earlier in the day when Hardik was addressing a gathering at the Jan Akrosh Sabha. Hardik was in the middle of his speech when the attacker got on to the stage and slapped him.

Congress leader Hardik Patel files complaint with police after he was slapped during a rally in Surendranagar, Gujarat, earlier today. pic.twitter.com/ioZNWMjZy2

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Subsequently, a scuffle broke out between the supporters of Hardik and the attacker. This incident comes a day after a shoe was hurled at BJP's national spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao while he was addressing a media briefing in New Delhi. He, however, had a narrow escape as the shoe did not hit him.