One of the more intriguing narratives being spun after the appointment of Yogi Adityanath as the new Uttar Pradesh chief minister is to liken his rise to Narendra Modi. Like Modi, Adityanath is a single man born in a poor family who left home at a young age and discovered himself in the womb of Hindutva politics. Like Modi, Adityanath too is charismatic and controversial, with a reputation for being a hard taskmaster. And like the PM, Adityanath too is viewed with a mix of fear and skepticism by the English-speaking liberal intelligentsia.