In Yogi Adityanath Bastion, Opposition Campaign Hangs By A Slim Hope | Read

An election rally in Gorakhpur's Sahjanwa block on Tuesday afternoon was UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's fourth in 24 hours. And he has got many more lined up in the run up to the March 11 Lok Sabha by-polls for Gorakhpur, possibly after Holi. "You have sent me to the Lok Sabha 5 times - I never went to each village. It was not possible for me because I had to campaign at many places. But my worker used to go. I did not even know where my party office was," he says, drawing applause and chants of Jai Shri Ram. He didn't need to. This is a seat that sent Yogi Adityanath to parliament for five straight terms since 1998, the last one cut short by his surprise elevation as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister after the BJP's record-setting victory in the assembly elections.