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THE number of tigers in India has plummeted to as low as around 1,400. The number of lions, too, doesn’t paint a rosy picture. The politicians cannot do much to save or help them, as the tiger community doesn’t contribute towards their votebank. If the party symbol of the Shiv Sena is a tiger’s face, it doesn’t mean that they ought to be committed to saving the tiger from extinction.
One thing the state governments could always do and should do is confer the Lion of Punjab, Lion of Bengal, Sher-e-Kashmir type of titles very generously on as many people as possible. This will give a positive feeling that we have still lots of tigers left. No need to keep limited to ‘The lion of Punjab’. They could further extend the titles to ‘Deputy Lion of Punjab’ or ‘Associate Lion of Punjab’. To start with the Deputy Lion of Punjab could go to Sukhbir Badal and Associate title to Adesh Pratap Singh, son-in-law of the Badals. Obviously, Parkash Singh Badal would like to retain the ‘The Lion of Punjab’ title with him only. An emotional dedicated type of personality was quite vocal on the issue of ‘save the tiger’ issue. A journalist asked what made him so passionately involved in the campaign. He said, "A tiger had killed my mother-in-law. There after, I am convinced the tiger must be saved!"
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Thankfully, there’s no controversy so far,
regarding whether the tiger is from Bihar or Maharashtra. The
All-India Forward Bloc also uses a lion’s figure as its party
symbol. They, too, are more worried about saving their own party than
the lions.