But it doesn’t need to stop at that, either. If you’re an editor sending someone to Gorakhpur, and all you print of what is being discovered there is that everyone is wildly excited, you should perhaps ask whether you’re doing all you should. Adityanath has been MP five times from there, now. He runs the city. Is really the only story about his past that we need to discover those from partisans who are enthusiastic about his new job? Adityanath’s Hindu Yuva Vahini should be good for a few stories at least. Who composes it? What is its power? Is it loved or feared? What work does it do? Has it changed in character over the years? How did Adityanath tame the notorious criminal-politicians of UP’s northeast? What does that tell us about his methods? The stories that address this are few and far between. The best read on these issues is not even from this year, but journalist Aman Sethi’s story from 2014 for Business Standard.