KTR, Harish Rao condemn attack on CJI, calls it a threat to democracy

Hyderabad: BRS working president KT Rama Rao strongly condemned the attempted attack on Chief Justice of India BR Gavai inside the Supreme Court, terming it a disturbing indication of growing intolerance in the country. He stated that the intolerance in the country has reached its highest levels and its outrageous sign of which was witnessed in the Supreme Court when the CJI was attacked. Calling the incident a shameful assault on judicial dignity, he said it was not merely an attack on an individual but on the institution of justice itself. "No disagreement, even on sensitive issues like faith, justifies violence. Such behaviour threatens the foundation of democracy itself," he warned. Former Minister and senior MLA T Harish Rao also condemned the attack on CJI Gavai, terming it shameful. He demanded that the perpetrators must be brought to justice immediately.