Patna, Oct 7 (PTI) Strongly condemning the attack on Chief Justice of India B R Gavai in the midst of court proceedings, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav accused the ruling BJP at the Centre of "maintaining silence" over the incident.

Yadav alleged that "the incident is a result of normalisation of hate and violence, which seems to have been receiving state patronage since 2014".

A 71-year-old lawyer had allegedly tried to hurl a shoe at the CJI. Later, police sources said that a note inscribed with the slogan "India will not tolerate insults to Sanatan Dharma" was recovered from him.

The RJD leader said, "It is a matter of grave concern that a person holding the highest post in the state's judiciary had to face such a humiliation..... it marks a shameful episode in the history of our democrac

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