Senior leaders in the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), starting from Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, seem to be in a race to propound the “Uttar Pradesh model”, a euphemism for the use of bulldozers and encounters to maintain law and order, especially against members from the minority community. This “model” seems to be the latest buzzword replacing the “Gujarat model” that leaders talked about earlier.
They seem to be under pressure from leaders of the youth wings of the party — Yuva Morcha and social media cell — who have resigned, and the ABVP that has protested against the Home Minister over the murder of party worker Praveen Nettaru.
