Tag: Bulldozers

While the Peace Committee says there were no complaints about structure, Hindutva organisations claimed otherwise and authorities have now enforced section 144 to maintain law and order says Free Press Journal

After BJP’s victory in Chhattisgarh, the capital city of Raipur witnessed a series of shops demolished by bulldozers. Media reports allege that the shops belong to Muslims.

Under the guise of “encroaching on government land”, bulldozers run free, mosques administration granted 15 days to remove the structures or else the Railways will take action.

MP, UP, Uttarakhand and Assam continue ‘Bulldozer action’

Demolishing homes of alleged miscreants or gangsters has become the norm in states like UP, MP, Gujarat and Delhi, Uttarakhand, Karnataka seem to be catching up as well. Lack of stringent action by courts has not helped the victims.

Protesters alleged that not even a single family evicted in demolition drives since the onset of pandemic has been rehabilitated in the capital.

Indian American and Muslim residents had found the inclusion of a bulldozer distasteful and even hateful

There are striking similarities in the incriminating language of the various FIRs, bringing into doubt the veracity of charges filed by authorities in cases pertaining to the violence erupting in UP after former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma’s derogatory remarks on the Prophet.

Court says reasonable period has to be given and temporary location to be provided

Nupur Sharma’s comments on Prophet Mohammad triggered protests by the Indian Muslim community; the regime then responded by razing to the ground the home of a man they claim was the mastermind behind violent protests