Has Yogi Adityanath fallen to the Noida jinx?

Has the ‘Noida jinx’ started haunting UP CM Yogi Aditya Nath? He bravely ignored the popular notion — that a CM who visits Noida loses polls — by visiting the town, along with Greater Noida, in December last year, earning much praise. However, he has lost four polls in UP since December.

The ‘Noida jinx’ began during the Veer Bahadur Singh regime in the late 80s, when he was removed by the Congress brass as soon as he came back from a Noida trip. Since then, CMs have avoided going there.

Rajnath Singh didn’t go there during his tenure. As CM, Mayawati visited the place for inaugurating a Metro service in 2011, and faced a crushing defeat in 2012. As if taking a cue, Akhilesh Yadav preferred to totally avoid Noida and Greater Noida when he was CM, inaugurating mega NCR projects from his Lucknow residence.