New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Aditya Nath has no threat to his office. There have been speculations that Yogi will be asked to quit before the 2022 Assembly elections but the top leadership of the BJP is 'fully satisfied' with Yogi’s work and he has full support of the leadership -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president JP Nadda, which feels Yogi has given the best performance as a chief minister.

After spending two days in Delhi, Yogi Adityanath has gone back to Lucknow. Modi has himself been a chief minister for more than 12 years and is aware of the challenges Yogi Adityanath faces as the chief minister of the large state like UP. Source says that PM Modi is happy with Yogi who is heading the government in UP since 2017 and, according to him, is the best chief minister in the country. 

Both have complete control over administration and bureaucracy and this has been the USP of Modi from his days as the CM. As the CM of UP, Yogi too has learnt this trick very fast. As the chief minister, Modi would often address public, a habit he has maintained to date as the PM. This is true for Yogi as well. Even when the pandemic was at its peak in the state, he toured each and every district. Right from arranging hospital beds for people, to helping them with oxygen or even vaccination, he has been at the helm of affairs, always.

Yogi has often been criticised for failing to take his cabinet colleagues along with him. His aggressive nature is also much-discussed. Similar criticism was directed at Modi when he became the chief minister of Gujarat. When Modi was appointed the CM of Gujarat, he faced the challenge of bringing the government and the administration back on track. Winning hearts of his partymen was not his priority. That is why he dropped many ministers, sidelined those who did not have a clean image. Same is the case with Yogi; he cannot put up with ministers who are not performing well.

Since PM Modi is also an MP from Varanasi since 2014, Yogi’s responsibility increases manifold. The state which is represented by the PM cannot lag on development and administration. That is why sometimes the team gets pulled in different directions—the sole aim is maximum performance. But the party’s highest leadership knows that Yogi is the most effective leader who can ensure efficient administration and a successful government in UP. Therefore, even if there are some minor problems, these are not an issue with the leadership.

The party leadership had the same view regarding Modi when he was the CM of Gujarat. Modi’s opponents in Delhi were always complaining about him but the party leadership stood behind him because he was delivering as per the party’s plans. Today, as the PM, Modi is well aware of the challenges Yogi is facing. That is why his meeting with Yogi lasted for more than an hour—he must have taken stock of the problems Yogi is facing as well as expressed satisfaction over his performance.

(With Agency Inputs)