Indore: Maneka Gandhi, BJP MP’s NGO, People for Animals had lodged a complaint against BJP workers, who painted in BJP colours on a horse on Thursday. People for Animals, local representatives have filed a complaint at Indore’s Sanyogitaganj police station, seeking an FIR under The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960.

They are also likely to report the matter to the Election Commission. BJP painted on horse on the occasion of BJP’s Jan Ashirwad Yatra in Indore. The BJP’s Jan Ashirwad Yatra, cutting across 22 states, seeks to introduce new Ministers at the Centre to the people an outreach that comes ahead of a string of state polls.

Civil Aviation Minister Jyothiraditya Scindia, the Yatra covered various parts of Indore. Ex – Municipal Corporator Ramdas Garg had reportedly brought the horse on rent at the Yatra before getting it painted in BJP colours.

Coloured in orange and green, the BJP flag colours, the horse also sported a lotus, the party symbol, and had the party name written vertically down its body. It also had the printed BJP scarf tied round its neck.