Bulldozer justice

( Learn how and when to remove this message ) The bulldozer found its way into the election and political lexicon of Uttar Pradesh and further across India after its massive political use by UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath of the BJP . While bulldozers are routinely used across India to remove illegal constructions, the bulldozer in this case has been used as an extrajudicial tool and a power statement against criminals, communal violence rioters and accused criminals. Following its usage in political messaging in Uttar Pradesh, the bulldozer was used in Madhya Pradesh to convey political messages aimed at showing a strong stance against criminals. Narratives conveyed that a lot of the usage of the bulldozer was itself communal in nature. Its rhetoric usage by Adityanath started following the commencement of his first term in office from March 2017. By 2020, property belonging to numerous criminals such as Vikas Dubey , as well as politician-strongmen and gangsters Mukhtar Ansari and Atique Ahmed had been demolished using bulldozers. The action against Dubey started after he and his associates killed eight policemen in July 2020 during an attempted arrest. The UP government vowed to free up 67,000 acres (270 km ) of government land and other illegally occupied land by land mafia , issuing certain directives related to the use of bulldozers and also warned of their misuse. Adityanath began his second term as chief minister in March 2022. In a similar manner, the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh , another state with a BJP-based CM , began usage of the bulldozer in March 2022 against properties of the mafia, accused rapists and rioters. By late April 2022, bulldozers had also been used on the property of rioters in Delhi and Gujarat , with politics and legal issues ensuing, including over anti-encroachment drives in a BJP-held municipality in Rajasthan , an otherwise Congress -ruled state. In Uttarakhand , rioters during Hanuman Jayanti processions were threatened with bulldozers parked in the vicinity of property owned by the accused.¹ There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).