Congress leaders in the dock for displaying palapitta during Dasara festivities
Telangana Congress leaders are facing a legal case under the Wildlife Protection Act after using a caged Indian Roller bird (palapitta) during Dasara festivities. Forest officials registered the case following complaints about the illegal capture of the protected bird.
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Congress leaders in the dock for displaying palapitta during Dasara festivities HYDERABAD Controversy erupted around Congress party leaders using caged birds during a public event on the occasion of Dasara festivities, here on Wednesday. In a social media post, chief of the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee B. Mahesh Kumar Goud could be seen holding a palapitta or Indian Roller Bird brought to him in a cage, showing it to the audience, and then releasing it, while announcements blared from the megaphone, that the palapitta had arrived. Witnessing the roller bird on the occasion of Dasara is considered auspicious in Telangana, giving rise to the practice of illegal capture of the bird for a quick buck.
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