With Justice Kant’s elevation, the Supreme Court Collegium now comprises him and Justices Vikram Nath, JK Maheshwari, BV Nagarathna, and MM Sundresh

Owaisi criticised both the perpetrators of the blast and those who, in the aftermath, target the Muslim community with accusations and hostility.

Subba Reddy said similar accusations were made during the earlier TDP government, when Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu claimed that animal fat was being used in laddoo preparation.