It will not work this time either, but the Prime Minister made clear last week that Yogi is his favorite Chief Minister. He went to Uttar Pradesh and declared that the state had been exemplary in its handling of the second Covid wave. The finest reporters flocked to Uttar Pradesh to report the cataclysmic mismanagement of the second wave. The Prime Minister talked of the great strides that Uttar Pradesh had made despite the pandemic. The Prime Minister has taken to warning people that they must do their best not to invite a third wave.

Source: Indian Express July 17, 2021 21:56 UTC