IMO only a mass leader who can win LS and with good political acumen should be made a PM.
I like the current model where you fill important ministries with bureaucrats while using the mass leaders to keep a stable govt.
The only leaders I see right now who suits this are Shah, Yogi, Irani and in the longer run HBS and Annamalai.
Yogi is my preferred choice should Shah graciously agree to continue doing the legwork and not see it as a ‘demotion’.
Yogi is following the same trajectory as Modi and in fact even bettering it given he has a better launch pad.
Undefeated, and like you said mass popularity and stability in a state with such a huge green population along with economic growth. He also has the most demand for rallies outside UP after Modi.
I personally have no problem with him wearing the saffron, it would be quite a sight in G20/G7 and other foreign meetings.
Instead of complaining on the attire, better to grab popcorn and enjoy the meltdown in r/India and X
Indians dont want another Indian PM with a foreign wife. One PM and his wife was enough.
People shouldn't go by attire of CM of UP. Administration wise he is well managing a State which has a large population of a particular peaceful community and a history of Lawlessness. He is also popular in Karnataka, Telangana, Punjab, Maharashtra.
Modi was more extremist in his speeches than Yogi during his chief ministership of Gujarat. And
less we talk about Gadkari the more better it will be. He is like Atal Bihari Vajpayee, neither feared by either Opposition or Lutyens media. He can be compromised easily just like Vajpayee.
Neither Jaishankar or Gadkari can bring people to vote for BJP.
Modi might favour Jaishankar or Smriti Irani in the end. But the last decision will be with Sangh pariwar.