Shoe attack on CJI reflects India’s moral collapse under Modi rule: Mehbooba
PDP chief says assailant’s impunity mirrors BJP’s India vision
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti has said the shoe attack on Chief Justice of India (CJI) B.R. Gavai inside the Supreme Court exposes the disturbing state of affairs in India under the BJP regime.
According to Kashmir Media Service, Mehbooba Mufti in a statement issued in Srinagar said the incident paints a “chilling picture of BJP’s Viksit Bharat [developed India],” where attackers act with full confidence that they will face no real consequences. “A shoe hurled at the Chief Justice offers a grim glimpse of what India under BJP’s rule is becoming — a place where hate is rewarded, rapists are pardoned, and dissenters are jailed,” she said in a post on X.
She noted that the 71-year-old lawyer who attempted the act did so “knowing he would be protected by the same system that silences voices of dissent like Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, who remain imprisoned without bail.”
Mehbooba said the episode raises an existential question for India’s judiciary — whether it will defend the Constitution or “remain silent as it is being trampled underfoot, quite literally.”
She added that this was “the new normal in Godse’s Bharat,” where extremist elements operate with impunity under state patronage.
The lawyer, identified as Rakesh Kishor, was restrained by security personnel after he allegedly tried to hurl a shoe at the CJI while shouting slogans in defence of “Sanatan Dharma.”
Observers say the incident reflects growing intolerance and a culture of impunity under the Modi-led dispensation, where hate-fueled actions are often normalized and dissent criminalized.
