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Watch: Leopard Or Cat? Video Of Wild Animal Taking Stroll Behind PM Modi During Swearing-In Event In Rashtrapati Bhawan Goes Viral
A wild animal, most people claiming it to be a leopard, was spotted taking a stroll behind the stage where the ministers and Prime Minister Narendra Modi were sitting.
It was all grandeur when Narendra Modi along with his 72 ministers took oath of office at the Rashtrapati Bhawan last evening. President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of office to them. While the event lasted for around two hours, leaders of even neighbouring countries were in attendance along with other foreign dignitaries.
The whole council of ministers along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi was sitting on a dais while the President was on the left-hand side to administer oath to them. However, what caught the attention of the netizens was that a wild animal, most people claiming it to be a leopard, was spotted taking a stroll behind the stage where the ministers and Prime Minister Narendra Modi were sitting and taking the oath.
Sharp-eyed netizens spotted the animals walking casually behind the stage when BJP MP Durga Das Uikey was taking the oath of office. Uikey was administered oath as the Minister of State. Netizens shared the video on social media wondering if was it a pet animal or a wild leopard who sneaked in during the ceremony.
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The animal can also be spotted in the live feed shared on YouTube by the Prime Minister's office at around 03.21.52 hours time in the video.
Netizens reacted surprisingly to the video. "Lmao..is it edited or what? How come no one noticed this. Looks like a big cat," said one user.
Another user said, "By its size it defenitely looks like a leopard.."
"It's a cat. It may be Savannah breed which walks and looks like a leopard but harmless," said another X user.
A user shared another footage. "you can notice it here as well in the first 5 seconds, probably a domesticated cat," he said.
However, the Delhi Police later clarified that the animal was a domesticated cat. "Some media channels and social media handles are showing an animal image captured during the live telecast of oath taking ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan yesterday, claiming it to be a wild animal. These facts are not true, the animal captured on camera is a common house cat. Please don't adhere to such frivolous rumours," said Delhi Police.