"Congress in North India Drowned in the Blood of People; Now Comes Eviction in Yelahanka,” says M Swaraj

Thiruvananthapuram: CPI(M) State Secretariat member M Swaraj has sharply criticised the Congress for importing the “bulldozer raj” practiced by BJP governments in North Indian states into South India. His remarks are in connection with the bulldozer action carried out at Kogilu Layout (Waseem Layout, Fakir Colony) in Yelahanka, near Bengaluru, which left nearly 3,000 poor residents homeless in the biting cold.

Swaraj begins his social media post by referring to the father of engineering student Rajan, who was brutally killed during the Emergency imposed by the Congress government, and titles his note “With a Shop of Love: From Turkman Gate to Yelahanka.”

He recalls how, during the Emergency, many parents like Prof. Eachara Varrier lost their children, and how the poor at Turkman Gate were crushed under bulldozers. Even after the Emergency, he says, the bloodshed continued, with Congress “drowning in the blood of people” in places like Delhi, Hashimpura, and elsewhere in North India.

Now, Swaraj says, inhumane eviction reports are emerging from Yelahanka in Karnataka. The houses of poor residents in Fakir Colony and Waseem Layout were flattened by bulldozers around 4 am. The ruling party there is Congress. People who had lived in the area for three decades were turned into refugees overnight. These were residents with Aadhaar cards, voter IDs, house numbers, and electricity connections.

“Everything was destroyed in a matter of minutes,” Swaraj wrote.

Full Text of Swaraj’s Post (Translated):

“With a shop of love, from Turkman Gate to Yelahanka…”

“Why are you keeping my son standing in the rain?”

This heartbreaking question was asked by Prof. Eachara Varrier, the father of engineering student Rajan, who was brutally killed during the Emergency—an era when Congress proved that democracy was merely something to speak about, not to practice.

Many conveniently forget the blood-soaked post-Independence history of Congress, marked by human rights violations and mass killings. During the same period when parents like Varrier lost their children, the poor at Turkman Gate were crushed under bulldozers.

Even after the Emergency, the brutality of power continued. In Delhi, Hashimpura, and many other places, Congress in North India drowned in the blood of people.

Now, similar inhumane evictions are being reported from Yelahanka in Karnataka.

The houses of the poor in Fakir Colony and Waseem Layout were demolished by bulldozers at around 4 am. Congress is in power. People who had lived there for three decades were turned into refugees overnight. These were people with Aadhaar cards, voter ID cards, and other documents—houses with numbers and electricity connections.

Everything was destroyed in minutes.

Even as protests rise beyond political lines against this inhumane eviction by the Congress government in Karnataka, Kanagolu’s hired defenders have come forward with justifications. On social media, one can see strange arguments claiming this is not bulldozer raj like in North India, but a “good bulldozer raj” in Karnataka.

“Only 150 houses were demolished!”

“Only a thousand people are affected!”

“Only 80 percent of those thrown onto the streets are Muslims!”

“They have arranged medical camps, so the evicted people are happy!”

Such are the arguments of Kanagolu’s mercenaries.

However, senior Congress leaders including former Union Minister P Chidambaram strongly protested against bulldozer raj. Those who try to deceive the public would do well to first lecture Chidambaram.

Some claim the eviction was of illegal encroachments. But one must remember that Karnataka’s Chief Minister himself is the biggest illegal encroacher, having been caught for grabbing land belonging to the Mysuru Urban Development Authority in his wife’s name.

The world is now witnessing a large-scale encroacher demolishing the huts of the poor.

For those who argue that Congress can be relied upon to fight Sangh Parivar fascism and bulldozer raj, this incident once again clarifies what Congress truly represents. The question raised today by thousands forced out of their homes in freezing cold is echoing across India:

“Why are you making us stand outside in this bitter cold?”