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Peacock, Bison will not be declared vermin: BJP

Panaji, Feb 13 (UNI) Goa unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today clarified that national bird Peacock and Goa state animal Bison will not be considered as vermin.
Responding to a question at a press conference called to announce the nine candidates for election local body election, BJP Spokesperson and MLA Dr Pramod Sawant today said Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar has already made it clear that the bird and animal would be declared vermin.
On Thursday last Goa Agriculture Minister Ramesh Tawadkar had said that the government had received requests from farmers to declare Peacock, Bison and Monkey as vermin as they were damaging crops and the matter was before a committee.
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