Modi made Yogi CM so that he can appear secular to liberals: Twitter reacts to Adityanath's appointment

Yogi Adityanath, the controversial mascot of hardline Hindutva, will be the next Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.

In a move that surprised many, the 44-year-old five-term MP from Gorakhpur was elected the BJP legislature party leader at a meeting of the newly elected MLAs, a week after BJP won a resounding three-fourth majority in the key Hindi heartland state, making a combeback to power after 15 years.State BJP chief Keshav Prasad Maurya, who was himself in contention for the top job, first announced Adityanath's election.

Maurya, the MP from Phulpur in Allahabad, will be the Deputy Chief Minister apart from senior BJP leader and Lucknow Mayor Dinesh Sharma.

 Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister-elect Yogi Adityanath today said that he would follow Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'sabka saath, sabka vikas' slogan and exuded confidence that the state would march on the path of development. "I am thankful to Governor Ram Naik who invited me to form government in UP," he said in his first brief media interaction at Raj Bhawan.

Adityanath said he would follow Prime Minister Narendra Modi's slogan "sab ka saath, sab ka vikas" (With all and development of all) and ensure all round development of the state. "I am confident that the state will march on the path of development," he said.

The Yogi said his efforts would be to provide "good governance" in the state. He thanked party MLAs for reposing faith in him.

Here's how Twitter reacted to this development

So Modi made #YogiAdityanath UP CM? Dear Modi, to lay the foundation stones of UP's development you don't have to take UP into the Stone Age

— The Bad Doctor (@DOCTORATLARGE) March 18, 2017

Yogi taking oath in three words 'Mandir wahi Banayenge' https://t.co/1Vwx8OIBlc

— Piyush Rai (@PiyushRaiTOI) March 18, 2017

By the way.. If Yogi becomes CM, Modi will become the secular vikas purush for media. So much fun.. I'm crying

— Nupur (@UnSubtleDesi) March 18, 2017

shuttin diz accuont. teh reel BhaaJeePav are funnier. bai guize #YugiAdithyanuthRoxxx

— Norinder Mudi (@NorinderMudi) March 18, 2017

The New India Mr Modi spoke about, he is now putting into action with the choice of UP CM. Welcome to the new normal...

— Priyanka Chaturvedi (@priyankac19) March 18, 2017

Yogi :) pic.twitter.com/qNTVYAL4U0

— Ankit Jain (@indiantweeter) March 18, 2017

New UP CM. pic.twitter.com/iXC9Xgw01Z

— Rofl Gandhi (@RoflGandhi_) March 18, 2017

Speaking purely as a political analyst, #YogiAdityanath is right choice. You may like it or not, but He precisely represents the mandate.

— Yashwant Deshmukh (@YRDeshmukh) March 18, 2017

Bigger decision than demonetization. And the best one yet#YogiAdityanath

— FoolishOfficer (@IndiaSpeaksPR) March 18, 2017

Since the defeat of the last Peshwa, is this the first time Hindu cleric been leader of a major political entity in India? #YogiAdityanath

— Rupa Subramanya (@rupasubramanya) March 18, 2017

JNU may shift campus to UP. #YogiAdityanath

— Abhijit Majumder (@abhijitmajumder) March 18, 2017

Modi made Yogi CM so that he can appear secular to liberals.

— Aladdin (@Alllahdin) March 18, 2017

With agency inputs