Modi's potential successor aims to create Indian defense sector hub

Chief of Uttar Pradesh state bets on BrahMos cruise missile to achieve goal

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Yogi Adityanath, chief minister of India's Uttar Pradesh state and a Hindu monk, often makes public appearances wearing an orange robe. (Photo courtesy of the state of Uttar Pradesh)

SATOSHI IWAKI and NUPUR SHAW, Nikkei staff writers

NEW DELHI -- Yogi Adityanath, chief minister of India's Uttar Pradesh state and a potential candidate to succeed Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the future, wants to make the state a hub for the defense industry.

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