The video of bulldozers running on people’s houses in Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh is going viral on social media. It is being claimed that this bulldozer is running only on the houses of people of backward classes like Yadav, Maurya, and Teli. Meanwhile, while sharing a video on X, SP leader IP Singh wrote, In Bhadohi, UP, the houses of backward class people were demolished by using bulldozers. Ramrajya is the period of immortality for the backward class.
#भदोही_यूपी में पिछड़े वर्ग के लोगों के घरों को बुल्डोजर चलाकर ढहा दिया गया।
— I.P. Singh (@IPSinghSp) February 4, 2024
पिछड़े वर्ग के लिये रामराज्य में अमृतकाल का दौर है। pic.twitter.com/5PoSvHQ3iI
Radical Islamist Ali Sohrab wrote, Yadav, Maurya, Teli… Today they have become the biggest advocate of Hindutva…
यादव, मौर्या, तेली….
— Ali Sohrab (@007AliSohrab) February 5, 2024
आज सबसे बड़े हिंदुत्व के पैरोकार बने बैठे हैं…pic.twitter.com/GW9rUedz1u
Propagandist Muhammad Tanveer wrote, Uttar Pradesh, Bhadohi, On the 8th day of the celebration of the construction of Ram temple built on the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, a bulldozer of Uttar Pradesh government ran into the houses of people of Yadav Maurya Teli caste in Bhadohi.
उत्तरप्रदेश भदोही
— Muhammad Tanveer | تنوير (@Tanvirpost) February 5, 2024
अयोध्या में बाबरी मस्जिद पर बने राम मंदिर के बने जाने के जश्न के ठीक 8वें दिन भदोही में यादव मौर्या तेली जाती के लोगों के घरों चला उत्तरप्रदेश सरकार का बुलडोजर।
लगेगी आग तो आएँगे घर कई ज़द में
यहाँ पे सिर्फ़ मुसलमानों का मकान थोड़ी है। pic.twitter.com/nzJbjcgTZ8
Chaudhary Uttam Chand wrote, just a short distance from Ayodhya, in Bhadohi, bulldozers ran on the houses of Yadav, Maurya and Teli, say Jai Shri Ram to the OBC community.
अयोध्या से थोड़ी ही दूरी पर, भदोही में,यादव,मौर्य, और तेली के मकानों पर बुलडोजर चला, ओबीसी जोड़ से बोलो जय श्री राम, pic.twitter.com/icuhHIdgV6
— Er. CHAUDHARY UTTAM CHAND (@UTTAMYKT) February 4, 2024
Fake news peddler Firdaus Fiza wrote, Uttar Pradesh government’s bulldozer ran on the houses of Yadav, Maurya and Teli caste people in Bhadohi, Ayodhya…!!
#उत्तरप्रदेश
— Firdaus Fiza (@fizaiq) February 6, 2024
अयोध्या के भदोही में यादव , मौर्या और तेली जाति के लोगों के घरों पर चला उत्तरप्रदेश सरकार का बुलडोजर …!! pic.twitter.com/4yszWDxi3I
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Fact Check
While investigating these claims, we found a reply on this matter from the official X handle of Bhadohi DM in the comments section of a post in which it has been told that illegal construction was done by encroaching on the pond land in village Kasidaha, tehsil Gyanpur. Following the order received from the High Court, the demolition action was carried out by a joint team of Revenue and Police.
Next, we searched this matter on Google. During this time, we came across a report by Dainik Bhaskar published on February 1, 2024. According to the report, encroachers had illegally occupied the pond land in Kasidaha village of Bhadohi and built a house. The case regarding the pond land was going on in the High Court, after which the court, while hearing the matter, ordered removal of the encroachment. After this, following the orders of the court, the police and revenue team demolished the illegal encroachment with the help of bulldozers.
After this, with the help of a local journalist, we contacted the former head of the village, Anil Maurya. Anil told us that people had encroached upon the land of the village pond. The encroachment was removed after the court order. The allegation of caste discrimination is wrong.
Furthermore, Anil Maurya gave us the mobile number of the village head Savita Devi. When we contacted that number, we spoke to Savita Devi’s husband Komal Ram Chamar. Komal Ram told us that more than 30 people in the village had built their houses by filling the government pond. In this case, government property has been vacated on the orders of the High Court. Komal Ram also told us that all of them have their own private land, yet they were still occupying the pond.
Hence, the assertion that bulldozers targeted houses based on the caste of residents is found to be misleading. The reality reveals a legal battle over encroachments on pond land in Kasidaha village. The High Court, after due consideration, issued orders for the removal of these illegal structures.
| Claim | Bulldozer ran on the houses of backward class people in Bhadohi, UP |
| Claimed by | IP Singh, Ali Sohrab, Muhammad Tanveer, etc |
| Fact Check | Misleading |
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