‘Bulldozer is UP’s brand,’ says CM Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath on Thursday said that bulldozers had become a “brand” associated with the state, ANI reported.

He suggested that a company setting up a tractor manufacturing plant in the state should also manufacture bulldozers, saying there would be “high demand for them, both domestically and internationally, as they have already become a brand of this region”.

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Adityanath was speaking at the foundation-laying ceremony for the company’s plant in the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority area.

In Uttar Pradesh, demolitions targeting Muslims and other marginalised groups have become commonplace. The Bharatiya Janata Party supporters have lionised Adityanath as “ bulldozer baba”.

There are no provisions in Indian law that allow authorities to demolish the property of persons accused of crimes as punishment. However, the practice has become commonplace in states ruled by the BJP.

In November 2024, the Supreme Court held that demolishing the properties of persons accused of crimes as a punitive measure was illegal. It said that due process must be followed before authorities remove allegedly illegal encroachments.

Edited by Tanya Shrivastava.

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