Watch: Maha MLA dresses up as leopard; gives reason for unusual protest

NEW DELHI: A Maharastra MLA connected Wednesday chose a unsocial mode to contiguous his stance successful the authorities legislative assembly. Sharad Sonawane, the MLA from Junnar, arrived astatine the Maharashtra legislature dressed successful a leopard-print outfit to protestation the rising fig of leopard-related incidents crossed the state.His objection came hours aft a leopard successful Nagpur’s Pardi country injured 7 radical earlier being captured by the wood department. On being asked by newsman astir his dress-up, Sonawane said, "An exigency should beryllium declared for leopard attacks successful the state. I person been raising this contented since 2014, but the authorities has kept ignoring me."Further offering suggestions to woody with the issue, helium added, "Rescue centres should beryllium made, and the leopards should beryllium trapped and kept successful the centres..."

At Vidhan Bhavan, the Shiv Sena legislator said leopard attacks had claimed 55 lives successful Junnar taluka of Pune territory successful the past 3 months. He said residents were surviving successful changeless fearfulness and urged the authorities to acceptable up rescue facilities susceptible of accommodating up to 2,000 leopards successful some Junnar taluka and Ahilyanagar district.Additionally, responding to Forest Minister Ganesh Naik’s connection a time earlier that goats would beryllium released successful forests to divert leopards, Sonawane said the measurement would not work, arguing that leopards progressively inhabit sugarcane fields and areas adjacent quality habitation.He demanded that the authorities state a “state emergency” and initiate the seizure of astatine slightest 2,000 leopards for placement successful rescue centres.