NEW DELHI: Advocate Rakesh Kishore, who threw a shoe at Chief Justice B R Gavai inside the Supreme Court, has said he feels no guilt over his actions. The 71-year-old lawyer claimed that what happened was a command from God, and that he acted as a servant of Sanatana Dharma.

“I am a devotee and servant of Sanatana Dharma. What happened in the courtroom was as per divine instruction. I only followed it, and I have no guilt,” Kishore said.

He said that he was deeply hurt by Chief Justice Gavai’s remarks while dismissing a petition seeking the reinstallation of Lord Mahavishnu’s idol at the Javari Temple in Khajuraho. “Since September 16, I had decided not to sleep. A divine force awakened me and asked, ‘The nation is burning, are you still asleep?’” he added.

Kishore also said he had no p

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