Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 8 (ANI): After Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's aka Bulldozer Baba's comeback in Uttar Pradesh, the Uttar Pradesh government on Friday said that there is zero tolerance towards crime and criminals and added that around 80 criminals have surrendered.

Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 12 (ANI): After the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)'s massive win in the Uttar Pradesh elections, in Varanasi supporters have found a unique way to celebrate- getting 'bulldozer' tattoos inked on their arms.

Prayagraj Feb 25 PTI BJP supporters greeted Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath with the slogan of Bulldozer Baba zindabad as he held his roadshow here on Friday in support of his Cabinet colleague Sidharth Nath Singhs candidature from City West assembly seat Nearly two-km-long roadshow of the chief minister starting from Karbala Chauraha and ending at Nakhash Kona Chauraha of the city was attended by lakhs of people eyewitnesses said During the entire roadshow which started at 5 pm and ended at 6 pm people carrying the BJPs saffron flags rent the air with slogans of Jai Shri Ram and Bulldozer Baba Zindabad The new term for the chief minister was first heard from Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav who in a YouTube video has claimed that a prestigious English daily has changed Yogi Adityanaths name to Baba Bulldozer The term purportedly owes its origin to the extensive use of bulldozers by the Uttar Pradesh government for demolishing illegal properties of criminals in the state The roadshow interestingly began near a place where Adityanath had done the bhumi pujan for a residential complex for common people on a piece of land acquired by the state government from the possession of former MP Atique Ahmed The roadshow was led by over half a dozen horse-mounted BJP workers carrying the partys saffron flags followed by other party workers beating drums and blowing trumpets A tableau of Lord Ram his wife Sita and Lord Hanuman too formed part of the roadshow with a large number of women marching along and the people showering flower petals from their rooftops on Chief Minister Adityanath and partys candidate Siddharth Nath Singh The event also had some tense moments as a convoy of Samajwadi Party candidate Richa Singh and her supporters sought to crossed its path with the roadshow route resulting in some angry exchanges between supporters of the two parties The police however managed to control the situation by diverting the SP candidates convoy to an alternative route After the completion of the roadshow the chief minister urged people to vote for the BJP to ensure that the state continued to be ruled by a double-engine government and continue progressing at a fast pace The assembly segments of the Prayagraj district go to the polls on February 27 during the fifth phase of the state assembly elections the electioneering for which ended Friday PTI RAJ RAX RAX