Hindutva mascot Adityanath is UP chief minister

Five-time Lok Sabha member from Gorakhpur and the controversial head priest of the Gorakhnath Mutt, the saffron-clad Yogi Adityanath is set to be the next chief minister of Uttar Pradesh (UP). Adityanath, 44, is a firebrand Hindutva leader. 

His name has the stamp of approval from the BJP’s ideological parent, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). The new chief minister (CM) and his council of ministers, including two deputy chief ministers — Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma — will be sworn-in by UP Governor Ram Naik on Sunday afternoon. 

Adityanath’s name was announced after the BJP’s legislative party meeting in Lucknow on