Appointment of Yogi as CM of UP is a very bold decision and i never expected BJP to be able to take it. Infact when someone told me that yogi is CM, i did not believe and regarded it only as media speculation. In my opinion BJP has played a big gamble and performance of Yogi in UP will affect course of its success in India.
This decision will have following repercussions
Negative
1. Yogi ji is known for bold statements and a chief minister belongs to all citizens and is expected to be a statesman, while yogi's perceptions is that of a reactionary. This does not sends good signals to the world.
2. Yogi ji is founder of Hindu Yuva Vahini and as such will not be acceptable to many.
3. BJP has frittered away the opportunity to win hearts and ensuring that veto voting that happens for is halted after winning hearts.
4. Yogi is good answer to reactionaries among minorities but 90 % of population should not be alienated for the sake of 10%.
5. If yogi continues his pre-election rhetoric and forgets that he has to abide by the constitution, it will sully the image of BJP in India and peace-loving image of Hindus globally.
6. If yogi's herald leads to hooliganism of his supporters, it will be a disaster for the country.
7. For halting terrorism and radicalisation support is needed from amongst the community. Yogi's herald has made those inroads more difficult.
Positives
1. Strict law and order and hooliganism which has become the hallmark of UP, is expected to come down.
2. UP off lately has been witness to many communal clashes and appeasement policies, certainly these incidents will come down because people will understand that swift action without appeasement will be taken. This will bring down both actions and reactions.
3. There are many areas where electricity officials are shooed away and people don't pay bill. We should not be surprised if those people themselves start paying bills. Hence one can expect 24x7 electricity soon.
4. A saffron clad sanyasi at the helm of power is a good retort for those media professionals who have made Hindu bashing their profession.
5. Yogi is incorruptible and also a renunciate and hence top level corruption and nepotism will come down.
6. Since most will be expecting Yogi to take parochial decisions and if he goes against that perception, this will lead to long lasting effects. This also gives an opportunity for Yogi to work and break negative perceptions. Surprisingly he has won hearts in Gorakhpur even among muslim community.
7. The agendas for which BJP has fought since its inception like Ram temple, UCC, Abolition of triple talaq, closing of illegal abettors etc can be implemented by him.
8. There are many madrasas which are funded by Saudi money and preach doctrine of wahabism. Such thoughts in young minds can corrupt the entire generation and have led to radicalisation. Only a decisive CM can take action against these activities and choke the fund supply. Yogi is fit for the job.
9. Finally past 60 years have seen caste based politics and division among hindu community. Yogi who is a renunciate and beyond all castes can perform good job in uniting the hindu community. Modi should ensure that his direction of "vikas, vikas and vikas" should be adhered too and no deviation is permitted because it will heavily cost him and destroy the goodwill that BJP has made in India.
BJP could have balanced both the positive and negative by having a more acceptable face. If this decision is due to Yogi being the tallest leader of UP then it might be okay, but if its due to hardline image of Yogi then we are doomed. BJP has played a big gamble and performance of Yogi in UP will affect course of its success in India. In my opinion BJP should have chosen a more acceptable face but i will be happy to be proved wrong.
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