Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath woke up at a Hindu temple, fed cows sweet jaggery cakes, performed a religious ceremony for Lord Shiva, then hit the trail on the last day of his election campaign this month. This blurring of religion and politics is what some supporters love and some opponents fear most about him, the firebrand monk who won a critical state
Yogi Adityanath’s return as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh is fueling talk that he might succeed Narendra Modi as prime minister one day, and continue to advance their Hindu political movement.