Shaktimaan, the police horse, whose left rear leg gets amputated after being attacked by Uttarkhand BJP MLA Ganesh Joshi, has fortunately found a friend in the United States who will donate a prosthetic limb in order to make him stand again. Indeed, it was a cruel incidence. The horse fell down after the BJP’s Missouri MLA Ganesh Joshi did a frontal attack on it with a lathi and Bora pulled up its reins from one side. However more than pulling the rein, it was the hitting on the leg by the MLA has resulted in the loss of the innocent horse’s leg. Will the MLA be a ‘role model’ for the people he is representing or will they regard him who brought shame on their behalf?
The innocent horse has lost his leg, will the aggressor be held responsible? The world is waiting and watching. No animal activists came forward to save horse but to save the BJP – MLA from the crime he committed under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, the assurance was given that the horse will not lose its hind, and now it is amputated. BJP supporters are mercilessly shielding its MLA. The video graphics clearly show the heartless MLA, repeatedly hitting the leg of the horse. People burn police jeeps & vehicles, during agitations and go scot-free! In the same way, this MLA too will come out free. Will his party suspend his basic membership of party and from the assembly with a jail-term for the crime? In India, real Freedom is enjoyed only by the politicians and the ‘vulgar’ rich. In spite of this tragedy, no BJP leader or supporter condemned the act of its MLA. The only person who has condemned him and asked for his immediate expulsion is Maneka Gandhi, who is known as animal activist. After her intervention, Joshi was arrested and been booked under IPC Section 429 (killing, maiming or rendering useless animals of value including a horse), which would result in up to five years in jail.
On Thursday night, it took two hours for the doctors to get Shaktimaan’s leg amputated, which according to them is successful. The horse’s amputation surgery took place two days after his fractures were fixed by external fixation by a group of 10 doctors – six from Pantnagar and four district veterinary officers. Jamie Won of Maya Foundation, who owns a non-profitable animal rescue centre in the United States, told that she has contacted one of her friend who would get a leg donated for Shaktimaan. It is ridiculous and very cruel act. Saffron party, whose he is a member, should get him arrested, punished and sacked from the party. It is really pity that an innocent animal was hit for no reason.
Moreover, the question arises here is why the state government has ordered police force with horse to be deployed? In fact, it is the state government which is too responsible for the injury caused to the horse. When mob controlling is a severing issue then why to involve animal to control them? This is an act of cruelty towards both the animal and human being. The lesson we learnt from this incidence is that, our politicians neither care for human or animal lives nor do they care for the law.
