The horse died on April 20 after allegedly being hit by a BJP MLA Ganesh Joshi in March. “Let next government decide (on unveiling Shaktiman’s statue), we have done our work” CM had said on Monday. Hours after Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat refused to unveil the statue of police horse Shaktiman at the police line in Dehradun, another Shaktiman statue erected close to Vidhan Sabha bhawan was removed on Monday night. Then we will erect a statue in his honour #Shaktiman — Gitanjali Das (@GitanjaliMIRROR) July 12, 2016Now they are playing politics on statue of horse Shaktiman.. Haven't you a got enough on your plate? BJP MLA Ganesh Joshi said the statue of the horse has been removed on behest of the chief minister as astrologers have advised him to do so.

Source: Hindustan Times July 12, 2016 06:49 UTC