Blackening faces by the people who don’t agree with them is not a new incident in India. Over time and again many of politicians and public figures got smeared their faces by ink or paint. Let’s have a look at top five public figures whose face was smeared by those who were opposing them.
1. Sudheendra Kulkarni– He was attacked by Shiv Sena activists who smeared ink on his face. The former BJP ideologue was attacked for organising a book launch for former Pakistan foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri.
2. Arvind Kejriwal–His face was smeared by ink during a press conference in 2013. A man claiming to be the supporter of Anna Hazare and BJP thrown ink at him and shouted slogan.
3.Yoga guru Ramdev– He became the target of an ink attack in 2012 when he was speaking about a campaign against black money. A man, named Kamran, threw black ink on his face at press conference where he was speaking.
4. Subrato Roy–The chairman of Sahara India Pariwar’s face was blackened outside the Supreme Court in 2014 when he was going for a hearing in a connection with scam.
5.Yogendra Yadav–The former AAP leader was smeared with ink at a rally at Jantar Mantar when he was addressing people. The attacker also shouted slogan against him.