U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrived in India under the shadow of “partygate” and quickly found himself in the middle of another controversy when he jumped atop an excavator at a factory of the British construction giant JCB.
Over the last week, bulldozers, including those made by JCB, have been in the news as government officials in several Indian states, including the capital Delhi, used the machines to destroy the homes and businesses of mostly poor Muslims as punishment for allegedly indulging in crimes like stone-pelting during religious clashes with majority Hindu groups.
