‘Zeenat not a potato’: Odisha forest minister’s jibe at Bengal govt for keeping her in zoo

Forest minister Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia criticized the West Bengal government for keeping darted tigress Zeenat in Alipore Zoo, asserting that she belongs to Odisha's Similipal Tiger Reserve. The National Tiger Conservation Authority supported this view. The controversy coincides with Bengal's potato supply restrictions to Odisha,...