Thorat didn't violate Wildlife Protection Act: Digvijay
AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh today came to the rescue of Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Balasaheb Thorat, facing a controversy over his entry into a tiger cage at a local zoo, saying that the legislator has not violated the Wild Life Protection Act as alleged.
Armed with a booklet of Wild Life Protection Act, Singh, who was talking to media at Devadia Congress Bhawan, read out the provisions of the Act one by one and said nowhere Thorat, who is also the Guardian Minister of Nagpur district, has violated the Act.
"Patting is not a violation. He did force his entry into the cage, but it was due to requests of the zoo caretaker who insisted that Thorat should enter the cage with an assurance that the full grown tiger cub was not harmful," Singh said.
AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh today came to the rescue of Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Balasaheb Thorat, facing a controversy over his entry into a tiger cage at a local zoo, saying that the legislator has not violated the Wild Life Protection Act as alleged.
Armed with a booklet of Wild Life Protection Act, Singh, who was talking to media at Devadia Congress Bhawan, read out the provisions of the Act one by one and said nowhere Thorat, who is also the Guardian Minister of Nagpur district, has violated the Act.
"Patting is not a violation. He did force his entry into the cage, but it was due to requests of the zoo caretaker who insisted that Thorat should enter the cage with an assurance that the full grown tiger cub was not harmful," Singh said.