Around 200 Nilgais have been killed in the state of Bihar which further angered the Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi. She has accused the environment minister Prakash Javadekar. She said that Prakash Javedkar is responisble for the killing of nilgais in the state and is responsible for encouraging animal killing throughout the country as well.
Maneka Gandhi, who is also an active animal rights activist, said that she can’t understand the motive behind Environment Minister’s lust for animals. “Environment ministry is writing to every state, asking which animal should be killed and that they will give permission for it,” she said.
Also talking about the roles and responsibilities of the minister she continued saying, “Now you tell me what could be the role? He only has to give permission. This is the first time environment ministry is giving permission to killing animals.”
Javadekar defended his ministry and said that “such permissions are given on the recommendation of state governments”.
“When state governments write to us about farmers’ suffering due to crop damage by animals, then such permissions are given. It is on the recommendation of state governments. This is not a central government programme, as it is an existing law,” he said.
