Bulldozer Is Back In UP: A Lawful Act Or A Political Vendetta?

The action came after the violent protests in Prayagraj on Friday over former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Nupur Sharma's comments on Prophet Muhammad.바카라 웹사이트

The police arrested Javed, claiming him to be one of the main accused behind Friday라이브 바카라 protests. As his home was demolished in the public glare, his lawyer and other activists termed it an act of vendetta. 바카라 웹사이트

While the administration stated that many ‘objectionable items’ were recovered from his home, they also linked the demolition with an earlier pending case against Javed, in which demolition orders were issued on May 25 after he or his lawyer failed to appear in court to defend their case initiated on May 10. According to the authorities, Javed has been accused of building a house without getting its map cleared by the PDA. While authorities have said demolition orders were issued last month before the current episode, its link with Friday's violence is too evident to be missed. 바카라 웹사이트

Besides, over 300 people from eight districts of Uttar Pradesh, including Prayagraj, Hathras, Ambedkar Nagar, Moradabad, and Saharanpur have also been detained.바카라 웹사이트
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Adding furore to the demolition politics, Mrityunjay Kumar, the media advisor to the UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, tweeted on Saturday: "Unruly elements remember, every Friday is followed by a Saturday" and posted a photo of a bulldozer demolishing a building. 바카라 웹사이트

Bulldozer: A political tool?바카라 웹사이트

Of the various forms of punishment, an eye for an eye is the most primal one. The bulldozer is several notches ahead -- when the home of an accused is demolished, other family members become the inevitable target. Since even a convict deserves only the punishment prescribed under the law and certainly not the demolition of one라이브 바카라 home, the machine essentially violates the Right to Equality under Article 14.바카라 웹사이트

The bulldozer justice strikes the core of constitutionalism, creating fear among people, least to say, of a particular community. The bulldozer politics has found many cheerleaders following the victory of Yogi Adityanath, hailed as 'Bulldozer Baba', in the recent UP assembly elections.바카라 웹사이트

It was rep­orted that after BJP라이브 바카라 victory, Adityanath mentioned the word bulldozer during rallies at 58 places—the party won all those seats. Such are the cheerleaders that several young men in Agra tattooed the images of the bulldozer and Bulldozer Baba on their bodies after Yogi라이브 바카라 victory.바카라 웹사이트

In March, BJP MLA Rame­shwar Sharma in Madhya Pradesh parked several bulldozers outside his government resi­d­ence in Bhopal with a billboard that said: “Beti ki suraksha mein jo banega rora, mama ka bulldozer banega hathoda (Uncle CM라이브 바카라 bulldozer will demolish those who impede the safety of daughters).” A few days later, Sharma welcomed CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan with slogans of 바카라 웹사이트“Bulldozer Mama Zindabad”.바카라 웹사이트

Bulldozer: What's the real motive?바카라 웹사이트

The Prayagraj case is a reminder바카라 웹사이트of the recent demolition of ‘illegal’ construction in Delhi라이브 바카라 Jahangirpuri. While the demolition followed the communal clashes on Hanuman Jayanti, BJP-ruled Delhi Municipality claimed that it was done to remove ‘illegal’ structures. A little later, the bulldozer arrived at Shaheen Bagh, the nucleus of the anti-CAA/NRC protests, giving birth to fresh questions about the civic body라이브 바카라 motive.바카라 웹사이트

Speaking to 바카라 in an earlier interview, social activist Aimmam Rizwi had said, “All these recent bulldozer politics of the BJP government is nothing but to create a narrative that anything illegal is associated with Muslims and it라이브 바카라 becoming an increasingly threatening gimmick. It라이브 바카라 probably a warning message for those who rage against the government.”바카라 웹사이트

However, the victims of bulldozer politics have reiterated that no notice was served to them prior to the demolition drive. And after rendering the marginalised community바카라 웹사이트homeless, no rehabilitation has been provided till now.바카라 웹사이트

The Supreme Court had held in the Olga Tellis vs Bombay Municipal Corporation (1985) case that the right to housing comes under Article 21, which also mandates a right to be given a notice and heard before the eviction, as well as rehabilitation under the government schemes. Over two decades later, the Delhi High Court in the Sudama Singh & Others vs Government of Delhi (2010) case elaborated on the guidelines and made it “the State라이브 바카라 constitutional and statutory obligation to ensure” that the rehabilitation “has to be a meaningful exer­cise consistent with the rights to life, livelihood and dignity” of the affected people.바카라 웹사이트

As settled legal principles continue to be flouted, the monster machine has become a political tool to both construct the perception of a tough leader as well as deepen the social divide.