Firebrand Hindu monk Yogi Adityanath's political stock is rising in India, where he is set to deliver the ruling party a thumping election win in the country's most populous state despite the pandemic and fury at farm reforms that were eventually ditched.
His performance in Uttar Pradesh, home to more than 220 million people and where he is chief minister, has reinforced the perception among some leaders of the nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Hindu groups that support it that he could one day be prime minister.
