LUCKNOW: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech in Varanasi on Thursday cleared all doubts, if there were any, about the preeminence of Brand Yogi as the part of BJP’s campaign strategy in the forthcoming UP elections early next year.
He landed in his parliamentary constituency after over seven months to launch projects worth Rs 1,583 crore but political analysts see it as Modi’s first tour to UP with strong political messages, nearly eight months before the biggest state in the country goes to polls.
His 32-minute speech revolved around Yogi’s “outstanding work” to tame the second wave of Covid and the contribution of his work ethics and hard work towards the overall development of UP in the past four and a half years.