The newly appointed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will be making his maiden visit to Gorakhpur today. There has been much political speculation over the choice of a hard-line, supremacist seer to a constitutional post; whether it was the RSS playing it's own card over and above PM Modi's wishes.
Ahead of the Chief Minister's visit, the wish of his supporters to see 'Yogi as PM in 2024' rose to a high pitch. This could provide some answers.
Since early Saturday morning, thousands of Yogi supporters have thronged the Gorakhnath temple, the residence of the Uttar Pradesh CM, to get a glimpse of him.
Media reports have quoted supporters who have gathered there saying, "The kind of work Yogi Adityanath has started his phenomenal and we want that in 2024, he should become the Prime Minister of the country", said a local from Gorakhpur.
The UP Chief Minister is on a two-day visit to Gorakhpur, the constituency he has represented for the last five terms as a Member of Parliament.