What’s fuelling Shivraj Chouhan’s journey from ‘Mamaji’ to ‘Bulldozer Mama’?

In March, Shivraj Singh Chouhan arrived at BJP legislator Rameshwar Sharma’s house in Bhopal for a function celebrating the completion of two years of his fourth term as Madhya Pradesh’s chief minister. He was greeted by a parade of over a dozen bulldozers decked out with posters championing the chief minister as “Bulldozer Mama”, Bulldozer Uncle.

Chouhan seemed to approve. Thanking Sharma for the “welcome”, he declared, “Mama’s bulldozer will not stop until it gets rid of all goons. We will not spare antisocial elements.”