NEW DELHI: Yogi after Modi, it has been a long time since we began to hear from the profiles of BJP supporters that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will become the country’s future prime minister. We cannot dismiss the fact that after Modi, Yogi is the most powerful leader in the party. However, Home Minster Amit Shah has made a revelation in his interview to a national daily, amid UP polls.

On being asked about people projecting Yogi Adityanath as the future prime ministerial candidate, Amit Shah said, “Naturally. So much work has been done under him, after so many years. UP got 30 medical colleges… we will see to it that every district has one. The state has two AIIMS while a research centre for Japanese encephalitis has also been constructed. The BJP government has built 10 new universities, opened 77 new colleges. Our government has also reconstructed and redeveloped 1.40 lakh colleges across Uttar Pradesh."

It is necessary for BJP to stay in power in Uttar Pradesh in order to remain in power in Delhi. “Since Uttar Pradesh has 80 seats in the Lok Sabha, it’s very important for the BJP to be in power in Uttar Pradesh to return to power in 2024… If anyone wants to form a government with full majority at the Centre, it cannot be without Uttar Pradesh’s mandate", he said.