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Saffron satrap: Will Yogi Adityanath help spread the Hindutva agenda?

The Hindutva warrior moved from fringe to mainstream, becoming the prime mover of saffronisation in Uttar Pradesh and is likely to emerge as an important campaigner in the BJP's Mission 2019.

YOGI ADITYANATH, 45

He has given Lucknow a whole new routine. Since March 19, the day 45 year old Yogi Adityanath was sworn in as Uttar Pradesh's new chief minister, there's been

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