UP Chief Minister gets a mango named after him

A new variety of mango developed by a Up man gets the name of Uttar Pradesh Chief minister Yogi Adityanath.

The mango variety was developed by Lucknow’s mango grower Padamshri Haji Kalimullah.The.The mango was names as “Yogi Mango”.

Kalimullah.The.The, 74, who had earlier named mangoes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and actresses, has developed the “Yogi mango” in his orchard in the Dussehri mango belt in Malihabad area.

The “Yogi mango”, he says, is grown naturally, is slender and beautiful and is a hybrid of the famous Dussehri mango variety.

“However, as the mango is still not ripe, nothing can be said about its taste but I hope it will be good”, Kalimullah said.

The mango grower had earlier named mangoes after Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai and cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar.

Kalimullah says he names new mango varieties after celebrities “to make the legends immortal”.