PANCHUR: Tears welled up in Anand Singh Bisht’s eyes as he watched the swearing in of Yogi Adityanath as the UP chief minister. In the early 1990s, it took time for him to digest the decision of his son, Ajay Singh Bisht , to leave the village to go on a spiritual journey.Their nondescript village, Panchur, in the interiors of Uttarakhand’s Garhwal region, suddenly shot into prominence as Bisht’s son, who took up the name of Yogi Adityanath after becoming a disciple of Mahant Avaidyanath of Gorakhnath temple, was made the chief minister of the country’s most populous state.On Sunday, as he glued to the TV watching Yogi’s swearing-in ceremony held in Lucknow, Bisht had a word of advice for the firebrand Hindutva advocate. “I hope he will show respect for all religions,” he said, speaking to ET at his house.“He should stick to BJP’s one liner: Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikash. The slogan accommodates everyone — the poor, rich, Hindu, Muslim, Sikh and Christian. Ab jimmedari badi ho gayee hai (The responsibility has got bigger).”On Yogi’s image as a Hindu hardliner, Bisht said it was perhaps under the influence of his guru Mahant Avaidyanath. “I know him as a development-oriented person. His good quality is that he never deviates from him mission.”Social works remained his top priority as a youth of this village, he added. Bisht said he is a fan of Yogi’s oratory skill. “He is a good orator. He drew huge crowds at his meetings. It shows people love him.”Panchur has not more than 15 families. Yogi’s ancestral house remained the most favourite destination of villagers from neighbouring parts of Panchur. Yogi’s younger brother, Mahendra, refused to call Yogi a Hindu hardliner.“Since he is head of a Hindu Peeth (he is head priest of Gorakhnath temple), it is but natural for him to propagate his religion. So far as politics is concerned, he always talks about development.”Yogi’s mother Savitri Devi sees her son as a simple man who loves all. “His favourite food is ‘gahad’ (a variety of pulse grown in the hills).