Mounted police had been stationed near the assembly to stop the protest, held by BJP workers against the Congress government of Chief Minister Harish Rawat. Protest a little more about how the media did not give you a chance to defend your position, believes Ganesh Joshi, BJP MLA from Uttarakhand, who is now facing flak for putting up a gruesome show of animal cruelty. With multiple fractures, the veterinarians said the horse’s leg would have to be amputated.
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“The horse fell down when someone pulled its saddle and the animal sustained a fracture on its leg”, he added.
The MLA mercilessly hit the white police horse leaving him in blood pool, according to reports.
As a result of this violent abuse from the politicians, the horse was badly injured and was then carried to a vet hospital in a truck. As soon as some water was given to the horse he was fine, he was just thirsty.
“The footage which the electronic media is showing by linking with an old clip – in which I am lifting a stick in front of the horse – has no connection at all [to the incident]”, Mr Joshi told the BBC.
Shaktimaan was purchased by the Uttarakhand police for Rs 95,000 in 2007 and made a part of the Dehradun team.
A case has reportedly been registered against the Mussoorie MLA and his followers.
MLA Joshi has claimed that the horse suffered the injury as its leg got trapped in the iron-angle on the roadside.
“I did not beat up the horse”, said Joshi. He denied the police had used lathis or horses to disperse the crowd.
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Claiming that Harish Rawat government had done nothing except for making announcements, the State BJP chief said maximum work has been done under Centrally-sponsored schemes for which the credit should go to the Centre and not to the State government.
