Updated On: 17 November, 2018 07:52 AM IST | Mumbai | Agencies
Sudhir Mungantiwar, the state's forest minister, has been at the centre of attacks from politicians like Thackeray and Union Minister Maneka Gandhi as well as animal rights groups for the killing of tigress Avni (T1)

Sudhir Mungantiwar
Senior BJP leader and State Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar has said he is upset at Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray's criticism of him on tigress T1's killing, and therefore is not willing to participate in alliance talks with him.
Mungantiwar, the state's forest minister, has been at the centre of attacks from politicians like Thackeray and Union Minister Maneka Gandhi as well as animal rights groups for the killing of tigress Avni, allegedly a man-eater, on November 2 in Yavatmal.