Guwahati, June 6 -- The Congress party has raised concerns about a "proposed agreement" between the Delhi Zoo and Vantara, an animal rescue and rehabilitation center operated by the Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani's youngest son Anant Ambani.

The party questioned whether this agreement could be a precursor to the privatization of the zoo.

As of now, neither the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, which oversees the zoo, nor the Reliance group has made any official statement on the potential agreement. However, anonymous zoo officials have indicated that a pact is indeed in progress.

Jairam Ramesh, Congress general secretary and former environment minister, voiced his apprehension on X (formerly Twitter) rega...