Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has blamed on Gujarat government that 8 lions died out of 11 migrated to Uttar Pradesh from Gujarat. UP CM said that the lions that were given to them were sick and old.
Gujarat had given 11 lions for Itava lion safari which is 2.5 kms away from Lucknow.
Out of 8 lions died 5 were lion cub. There is politics of lions and its migration to other state.