Synopsis: While the Congress party has criticised the BJP for employing “bulldozer justice”, extrajudicial and illegal demolition of properties, in states under them, this is one of the first instances of a senior Congress party leader advocating for bulldozer action.

The Karnataka government is prepared to go to the extent of demolishing the rented accommodations of peddlers to control drug-related offences across the state, Karnataka Home Minister and senior Congress leader G Parameshwara told the Legislative Council in Belagavi on Thursday, 11 December.

He was responding to a question by MLC K Abdul Jabbar on the rampant drug menace in Bengaluru, Davanagere and coastal districts.

“Foreign nationals, especially students from African countries, are involved in drug peddling. More than

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