Can't be an easy journey from Yogi to Chief Minister of India's largest, very complex state

Politics divorced from sound economics is disastrous for society. At the same time, running a state or country like a corporate doesn't work in politics. Sound economic policies, along with appropriate (dynamic) social investment and even concessions, are inevitable in the journey of running a state or country.

Little is known about Yogi Adityanath other than his trademark attire and provocative statements. Again, one could argue that this is known to urban India because this is what English media wants us to know about him!

Still, the journey from one of 543 MPs even with five successful elections cannot be the same as Chief Minister of India's largest state, which comes with acute social problems, not to mention poor economic health. How will the Yogi perform? How will negative social factors be addressed? How will employment be addressed? Will he depend a lot on the Centre for guidance? The coming year or two will give us an idea.

Among the new CM's initial challenges will be to address the campaign promise of loan waivers to farmers.

http://www.thehindu.com/elections/uttar-pradesh-2017/farm-loan-waiver-the-first-challenge-for-adityanath/article17529554.ece

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