Sena's chicken revelry has PETA fuming
Shiv Sena workers were seen holding and waving chicken after its candidate's victory in the bypoll on Wednesday.
The Shiv Sena cadre's victory celebrations that included holding and waving live chicken in air on Wednesday has invited the wrath of animal rights organisation, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
"Animals claim no political sides and yet, when humans celebrate a political win, they still make animals losers. Chickens pose no threat. They are the most gentle beings on the planet and for them there are no voting rights, just our mercy," PETA chief executive officer Poorva Joshipura said in a statement.
Following the bypoll results, some Shiv Sena workers were seen holding live chicken upside down, waving them and shouting party slogans in the constituency. Party leaders have often taunted Rane as 'kombdi chor' (chicken thief).
In 2012, following PETA's pressure, the Election Commission of India had asked all the political parties to refrain from using any animals during election campaigns. In an advisory, it also notified all political parties that any violation of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, and the Wildlife Protection Act,
Shiv Sena workers were seen holding and waving chicken after its candidate's victory in the bypoll on Wednesday.