With the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) move to ban pigeon feeding and Kabutar Khanas, a massive protest sparked across Mumbai. Jain Muni Nileshchandra Vijay said during an address that he is forming a new political party called Shantidoot Jankalyan Party and will reportedly contest the upcoming BMC elections. He also said that the party will focus on the protection of animals and birds, News18 Lokmat reported. He further added that the election symbol will be of a pigeon.

The announcement came during a press conference held after a peace meeting organised at Yogi Hall in Dadar for pigeons that reportedly died following the closure of kabutar khanas in Mumbai. The Jain community has been claiming that thousands of pigeons died out of starvation and thirst since the kabutar k

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