The former environment minister Jairam Ramesh has criticided the Modi government for the recent death of a cheetah at the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh. Ramesh claimed that this was due to science and transparency being ignored. The state forest department confirmed that the female cheetah - Dhatri (Tiblisi) - was found dead, making it the ninth death in the park since March. Ramesh claimed that the argument that these deaths are “expected mortality” is “complete nonsense” and has been “debunked by international cheetah experts.