Chandigarh: Condemning the attempt to hurl a shoe at the Chief Justice of India (CJI) B.R. Gavai, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said on Friday that “it is the result of anti-Schedule Caste (SC) tirade of the BJP”.

Interacting with the media on the sidelines of filing of nomination by industrialist Rajinder Gupta to the Rajya Sabha, the Chief Minister added that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been continuously trying to harm interests of people from the weaker and underprivileged sections through its propaganda and “this incident is a result of this”.

“It is a serious threat to the judicial system of the country and even to the communal harmony and brotherhood of the country.”

Mann said that the Chief Justice of India has through hard work and dedication arisen to this posit

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