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Jains had no role in forceful opening of pigeon feeding spot in Mumbai: Maharashtra Minister Lodha
Updated On: 07 August, 2025 08:34 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Mangal Prabhat Lodha, who holds the skill development portfolio and also functions as Mumbai suburban district guardian minister, also said that he was being unnecessarily dragged into the raging controversy over feeding of pigeons in public places in Mumbai

The agitators had recently forcibly removed a tarpaulin cover to offer grains to the pigeons. File Pic/Sameer Abedi
Maharashtra minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha on Thursday claimed that the Jain community members had no role in the protest at a popular pigeon feeding spot in Mumbai, reported the PTI.
The agitators had recently forcibly removed a tarpaulin cover to offer grains to the pigeons.
He clarified there was no religious angle to the pigeon feeding issue.

