Yogendra Yadav is different things to different people. He becomes Salim in Mewat only to switch to a pseudo accent in Guragon’s malls. He is, in his own words, neither a socialist nor a capitalist, standing for a new kind of politics, one of more reservations, more nationalization etc (these are fresh ideas that socialists could never think of).
But Salim is not Dr Yadav’s only alias. He goes by many other names and images too which should help him connect with people in other parts of India and spread the message of peace and love that AAP stands for:
When in America, Dr Yadav effortlessly connects with a certain underclass as Yo Yo Yogi:
Not many know that very close aides of his from the south refer to him as Yoga Shankar Aiyar:
Dr Yadav has a natural connect with hardworking, gregarious, large hearted Punjabis. He used to go by the name Yograj Singh in his youth:
Did you know that Yadav’s children refer to him as Yo Min?
Yogendra Yadav prefers to refer to himself as Yaqub Khan Yadav Shehzad when he visits AAP’s Kandahar chapter:
Other aliases: Yogeshbhai Patel when in Gujarat, Yogendrudu Reddy when in Seemandhra, Yogashekara Rao in Telangana, Yogya Nair in Kerala, Yogesh Shetty in Karnataka….