We know the bulldozer today as a useful construction tool, but in America, it has a history of voter suppression. In the power struggle of Mission 2022, there was a lot of discussion in the political field of Uttar Pradesh chief minister yogi Adityanath's 'bulldozer'. 

This election proved that the opposition party could not stand the bulldozer of 'Baba'. No one had expected that the bulldozer would become such an important role in the Uttar Pradesh elections. As the election color went up, the bulldozer also started disintegrating.

Interestingly, yogi was given the nickname of Bulldozer baba by Samajwadi party chief Akhilesh Yadav. Adityanath is already referred to as 'Baba' as the head of the Gorakhnath temple in Gorakhpur.

The bjp took this taunt of akhilesh yadav hand-in-hand and linked it to yogi Adityanath's good governance of maintaining strict law and order. The party capitalized on this rhetoric and during the entire election campaign, chief minister yogi adityanath started being called 'Bulldozer Baba'.

In this election, the bulldozer became a symbol of cm Yogi's good governance to enforce strict law and order and a crackdown on the mafia as the goons used to bulldoze over 67,000 acres of government land in the state since the bjp came to power in 2017. And freed from the hands of the mafia.

The issue of 'good governance and security is believed to have been the biggest contributor to the victory of the yogi adityanath government and the bulldozer became its mark.

When the election results came out on thursday and the picture of BJP's victory became clear, 'Bulldozer is back' started trending on Twitter.

The discussion of bulldozers became so intense throughout the election that the exhibition of bulldozers started in the election meetings. A bulldozer decorated in ocher color was also brought to Yogi's public meeting in Nichlaul of Maharajganj district, which attracted a lot of attention of the people. 

Yogi Adityanath also took advantage of the opportunity on seeing the bulldozer and started saying, 'The bulldozer also builds highways, also works to stop floods. At the same time, it also frees the illegal occupation from the mafia.

When two farmers from pennsylvania designed the bulldozer, they had no idea that one day their invention would become a major symbol of UP's power struggle to crush the criminal empire. By the way, it is worth noting that the word bulldozer is used all over the world for threats.

Where did the word 'bulldozer' come from?

In the 1870s, the word 'bulldose' was used as a threat in America. The word bulldozer was first heard in the presidential election of 1876. It was the final year of President Ulysses S. Grant's second term and he unexpectedly declined to seek a third term.

In his place, the republican party extended its support to Ohio governor and former US Representative Rutherford B. Hayes, while the Democratic nominee was New York, governor Samuel Tilden.

At that time there was a period of social, economic and political unrest in America. In this election, the term bulldozer was used to refer to physical violence against black voters or intimidation to keep them away from elections.

Since then the term bulldozer has been used to refer to the use of force. The US also bulldozers into the house of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

Let us know a little more about bulldozers.

In 1923 james Cummings of pennsylvania and draftsman J. Earl MacLeod designed a bulldozer for farming work. 

Bulldozers started being used for building and road construction after coming out of the agricultural work. After its increasing use, these machines started getting modern. 

Separate bulldozers are prepared for the military sector. The cost of a bulldozer ranges from Rs 16 to 70 lakhs.

One lakh bulldozers are manufactured every year in India. JCB The company has a manufacturing capacity of 130 JCBs per day. In America, bulldozers are equipped with armor-like features. israel uses bulldozers for military activities. These leaders-officers also had a bulldozer connection

The bulldozer has become a symbol of good governance of cm yogi in the UP elections, but even before that, it has been a weapon of many chief ministers and officers. Former chief minister of madhya pradesh Babu Lal Gaur, former administrative officer baba Hardev, GR Khairnar had used bulldozers a lot.

Talking outside the country, Gul Agha Sherzai, a former CIA agent in afghanistan and the governor of Kandahar-Nangarhar province, is called a bulldozer. They are now part of the Taliban government. While being the governor of Nangarhar from 2005 to 2013, Nangarhar province was called Bulldozer.

When Galu Agha Sherzai visited the remote areas of Nangarhar province as governor, the common people often called for the construction of roads and explained the difficulties it caused.

According to media reports, Sherzai not only accepted the demands of the people immediately but also got the work started immediately. The construction of roads started with bulldozers and other machinery. That's why they came to be called bulldozers.