Adityanath's leadership as much on test in UP as charisma of PM Modi, Shah

The conduct of Adityanath's two-year dispensation was as intense a subject of discussion with UP voters as the Centre's

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s standing, leadership and political skills are as much on test in the Lok Sabha elections as the charisma and credibility of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah’s organisational finesse. 

On Friday, when Shah addressed the media in Delhi, he elaborated on the BJP’s “unprecedented” campaign and highlighted that while Modi addressed 142 public meetings and conducted four road shows, he spoke at 161 public meetings and did 18 road shows.  Among the chief ministers on the stump, Adityanath topped the charts (135 rallies), followed by Himachal Pradesh’s Jai Ram