Tiger activist Bandu Dhotre ended his 10-day hunger strike on Wednesday after the state government “accepted” to “immediately” implement the measures he demanded. Dhotre, however, expressed discontent over Forest Minister Patangrao Kadam not sending him the minutes of the meeting held in Mumbai on Tuesday. “It would have been better had the minutes been sent. They said they would give them yesterday, but they didn’t. Principal Secretary Pravin Pardeshi said the papers were on the Minister’s table and that he was busy with Assembly session, because of which it was getting delayed,” Dhotre told The Indian Express. Dhotre’s supporters had organised a victory rally on Wednesday evening. However, the activists’ celebratory mood was dampened because they had not received the minutes of the meeting. Said activist Swanand Soni: “We decided to end the stir by investing faith in the government. Ideally, we should have been give the minutes.” Soni and senior journalist-turned-activist Shyam Pandharipande had met Kadam in Mumbai on the Minister’s invitation after the activists decided to go ahead with their stir when earlier round of talks with Pardeshi “failed”. Then too, the displeasure was about not being given the minutes of a time-bound follow-up of the demands. Asked if he was satisfied, Dhotre said, “I am satisfied. Particularly about the decision to implement wildlife management plan in the areas controlled by Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra (FDCM) that cares little for wildlife. The plan has to be submitted within a week.” Among those who attended the rally on Wednesday were senior activists Shrinivas Khandewale and Umesh Choube, senior BJP leader Banwarilal Purohit, Collector Saurabh Rao and Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (Wildlife) S W H Naqvi.