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Did Yogi arm-twist bigwigs?

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Lucknow: It was not after all as smooth an operation for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah to pick the new Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister. There were many in the race, some of them the favourites of the two most powerful men in the country. But on Saturday, as the election of the new UP CM tossed from one name to another, the final selection proved one of the most surprising — Yogi Adityanath, who may not have been the first choice of the Modi-Shah duo. Leaders privy to the decision said that both Shah and Modi were “arm twisted” into decision making.

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