New Delhi, Aug 1:

The government has hired 40 men dressed as langurs to drive away monkeys after realising the agile simians cannot be stopped from spreading panic in the parliament premises.

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Posing as black-faced langurs, these trained men are armed with rubber bullet guns to drive away the monkeys who fear their distant relatives.

Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu has already made a statement in parliament, saying the New Delhi Municipal Council has hired 40 young people for the job.

Since the BJP-led central government can't hire real langurs for this task as the previous Congress regime banned their use in 2012, it has pinned hopes on these trained men.

(IANS)