BJP MLA defends Joshi, says Congress trying to defame him

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Dehradun, Mar 16 (ANI): With Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Ganesh Joshi drawing major flak for injuring a police horse in Dehradun, another party MLA Chandan Namdas on Wednesday defended his colleague and said the horse got injured after it fell. BJP MLA Surendra Jeena on Wednesday said that allegations against Joshi are baseless, as he was standing far away from where the horse was. He added that Ganesh Joshi did it in self defence. Jeena further said that the horse was being used by the police to lathicharge the protesters.