Slipper thrown at MP Pappu Yadav in Delhi press conference

A man threw a slipper at independent Member of Parliament Pappu Yadav during a press conference at his residence in New Delhi on Sunday, August 2, 2026, briefly triggering a scuffle and escalating the political fallout from a recent protest inside Parliament. Yadav alleged the incident was an assassination attempt and that one of the individuals involved was armed with a knife, though police have not confirmed the weapon claim.

The disruption occurred while Yadav was defending his participation in a symbolic demonstration staged with opposition MPs Rahul Gandhi and Awadhesh Prasad inside the Parliament complex on Friday, July 31. During that protest, which used donation boxes as props, Yadav wore saffron robes and mimicked placing money in his pockets to represent allegations of financial irregularities in donations collected for the Ram temple in Ayodhya.

The Friday protest has drawn sharp condemnation from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Hindu organizations, who accused the MPs of insulting religious sentiments. Multiple police complaints and an FIR have been filed against the opposition lawmakers. A day before the slipper incident, on Saturday, August 1, an FIR...