TOY BULLDOZER SALES GO UP IN UTTAR PRADESH
After the grand victory of “Baba Bulldozer”–uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath– in the Assembly polls, the sale of toy bulldozers has increased as children are pestering their parents to get them one. The parents, especially from the “saffron parivars” are pampering the kids.cm Some fans of Yogi are dressing up their little ones like him with a toy bulldozer in hand. A 1.5-year- old girl, Navya, dressed up as CM Yogi Adityanath and carried a toy bulldozer, as she arrived at BJP office in Lucknow along with her father. Some of the party workers were seen celebrating the victory of Adityanath either by wearing a toy bulldozer mounted on the head or standing on the machine. The BJP MP from Mathura Hema Malini said “nothing can come in front of a bulldozer.” Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party has emerged as a major opponent, followed by poor performance of the Congress and BSP. During the campaign, Yadav had stated that “Baba” would lose the election, just like the contentious farm laws were withdrawn. “Many are calling him ‘Baba Bulldozer’…but after our victory, we will change the bulldozer politics,” the SP leader said. Yadav’s dream has not come true. Bulldozer has come to stay. Adityanath has maintained that “bulldozer doesn’t talk, but it works.” Adityanath frequently used the bulldozer metaphor to show voters that he would make UP safer. The BJP workers used the emblem to fight back at the opposition. Interestingly, a “Bulldozer” has taken over the party’s symbol— lotus— in the most populous state. The BJP has broken the 36-year-old jinx in UP by moving the party to power for the second consecutive term. This was a result of Adityanath’s stern attitude against henchmen and mafias, to whom he had warned that after coming back to power he would run “bulldozer” of strong governance on them. In Adityanath’s bastion Gorakhpur, his supporters took out a massive rally of bulldozers.