Mumbai, Oct. 13 -- Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday strongly criticised Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over the INDIA bloc's march to the Supreme Court to file a petition, calling it an "insult to India's highest judiciary" and demanding an apology to the country's 1.4 billion people.

Describing the incident as a "black day" in the country's history, Shinde said taking out a march to the Supreme Court to file a petition was unprecedented and alleged that Rahul Gandhi had attempted to put pressure on the judiciary.

Reiterating his criticism, Shinde said marching to file a petition was not a trivial matter and described the protest as an attack on the Supreme Court.

"Marching to file a petition is not a joke, and ...