COLOMBO: As election campaign gathers momentum, poll violence of an unprecedented nature has been reported from various Indian states. In Surat, a section of the crowd threw stones, shoes, and chappals at Mrs. Indira Gandhi when she began her address. . Surat is the stronghold of former Deputy Premier Morarji Desai. . Condemning the violence Mrs Gandhi said in her party’s march towards Socialism stones, brickbats and bullets would not deter her. After Mrs Gandhi’s departure old Congress sympathisers went on the rampage attacking houses of their political rivals. Police lathi-charged the 500-strong mob which set fire to daily “Pratap” Press..