Lucknow, Nov. 13 -- Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday, November 13, described bulldozers as the state's brand and suggested that CNH Industrial, which is setting up a tractor manufacturing plant in Gautam Buddh Nagar, could also manufacture them in Uttar Pradesh.

Bulldozers have become a major political symbol for the Yogi Adityanath-led government in Uttar Pradesh. While some view it as the government's "tough-on-crime" stance, the same demolitions have arbitrarily targeted Muslims, dissenters and marginalised communities in the state.

"You must have heard about Uttar Pradesh's bulldozer. I would like to tell CNH that since you are manufacturing tractors in Uttar Pradesh, you can also manufacture bulldozers here," Adityanath s...