Images of India's hardline Hindu monk and ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's Chief Ministerial candidate Yogi Adityanath taking a chopper to speak to an election rally, as voting is ongoing in India's most populous state Uttar Pradesh. Victory in the northern state of over 200 million people, and strong performances in four other state polls in the coming weeks, would boost Nardenra Modi's BJP party ahead of the 2024 national elections when he will likely seek a third term. Uttar Pradesh is run by Yogi Adityanath, a firebrand monk from the BJP who has implemented a string of policies seen by critics as anti-Muslim. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES