The name of Yogi Adityanath, also head priest of the Gorakhnath temple in eastern UP, began to do the rounds as a possible candidate only on Saturday afternoon. Mr Adityanath, who has arrived at the BJP's legislature party meet, also flew down to New Delhi in the morning to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Sources said the party's ideological mentor, the RSS, has vetoed the party's top choice for Chief Minister, union telecom minister Manoj Sinha. BJP President Amit Shah met RSS leaders today to finalise who would be Chief Minister.
As his supporters raised slogans in Lucknow this morning to demand that Yogi Adityanath be made Chief Minister, the lawmaker flew to Delhi to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Sources said Uttar Pradesh is also likely to have two deputy chief ministers - BJP's UP chief Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma, the Mayor of Lucknow - are in the running.
Sources said the party's ideological mentor, the RSS, has vetoed the party's top choice for Chief Minister, union telecom minister Manoj Sinha. BJP President Amit Shah met RSS leaders today to finalise who would be Chief Minister.
As his supporters raised slogans in Lucknow this morning to demand that Yogi Adityanath be made Chief Minister, the lawmaker flew to Delhi to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Sources said Uttar Pradesh is also likely to have two deputy chief ministers - BJP's UP chief Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma, the Mayor of Lucknow - are in the running.
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