<b>Letters</b>: Regressive choice

Modi's firm supporters, who are followers of moderate Hinduism, uncomfortable if not disillusioned

With reference to “Yogi’s new posture” (March 20), the appointment of Yogi Adityanath, a staunch priest of exclusive Hinduism, as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh was anticlimactic. Given his distaste for Muslims in the state, it is bound to alienate them — and they constitute 20 per cent of the population. Some of them who voted for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) might be repenting now. The choice has also dismayed those who felt the massive win in UP would motivate Narendra Modi to follow his slogan of “welfare of all with the co-operation of all”. Besides, Adityanath’s lack of