Dog Mask On, Man Claims Madhya Pradesh Sterilisation Drive All Bark, No Bite
A man wearing a dog mask protested at the Khandwa Collectorate in Madhya Pradesh to highlight alleged corruption in a municipal stray dog sterilisation program. Local opposition leaders claim that government funds were misappropriated while the dog population remains unmanaged.
Why it matters
The incident highlights growing public frustration with municipal governance and the misuse of public funds in local civic projects.
The weekly public grievance hearing at the Collectorate office of Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa district took an unusual turn on Tuesday when a man wearing a dog mask arrived to submit a complaint against the Khandwa Municipal Corporation.Accompanied by Municipal Corporation Leader of Opposition Deepak "Mullu" Rathore, the man used the unusual form of protest to draw attention to alleged corruption in the civic body's stray dog sterilisation programme.Rathore alleged that the Municipal Corporation had committed financial irregularities involving lakhs of rupees in the name of sterilising stray dogs.
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