Chhattisgarh Cong stages walkout over spotted deer deaths

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Congress members staged walkout in the State Assembly on Tuesday demanding the setting up of a ‘House Committee’ to probe death of 21 spotted deer at the Kanan Pendri Zoo in Bilaspur last month besides alleged black marketing of the PDS foodgrains in the State.

Congress member Umesh Patel raised the issue of the death of spotted deer during the question hour while demanding the status of the probe being conducted to find the cause of animals’ death.CM replied that a two-member committee of the Central Zoo Authority was probing the incident and its report would be tabled before the House.            

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