By Omar Rashid
New Delhi: Two days after the Supreme Court came down heavily against the demolition of property of people accused of crime, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Adityanath on Wednesday (September 4) continued to gloat over the use of bulldozers by his government and almost compared himself to one.
“Not everyone’s hands can fit on a bulldozer,” said Adityanath with a smirk at an official event in Lucknow.
The audience, which included newly-appointed government staff, responded with a loud applause.
“Iske liye dil aur dimaag dono chaiye. Bulldozer jaisi shramta aur drid pratigya jis mein ho, wohi bulldozer chala sakta hain (One needs both heart and mind for this. Only those who have the capability and determination of a bulldozer can use a bulldozer),” said the Uttar Pradesh chief minister.
Adityanath, while taking a swipe at Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav, further said, “Those who rub their noses (surrender) before rioters, will become dispirited by just the sight of a bulldozer.”
Adityanath was speaking at a government function where he was distributing appointment letters to selected persons in the Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Services Selection Commission. In his address, he attacked the previous SP government, accusing it of creating a “crisis of identity” due to corrupt acts and lawlessness.
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