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TopicChief Minister Yogi Adityanath

Topic: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath

Yogi Adityanath, born in 1972 as Ajay Mohan Singh Bisht, is a monk-turned-politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party or the BJP. He has been the longest-serving Chief Minister of the state of Uttar Pradesh, having been in office for over nearly seven years — since March 2017.


Head priest at the Gorakhnath temple, he first joined politics when he was named in charge of managing the election campaign for former MP Mahant Avaidyanath.


Yogi Adityanath represents the Gorakhpur urban constituency in the state legislative assembly. First elected to the Lok Sabha in 1998, he has served as the MP for Gorakhpur in the parliament. He was a member of the Legislative Council of the state between 2017 and 2022. 

Two ‘namoone’, one in Delhi, one in Lucknow—Yogi lashes out amid SP-BJP spat over cough syrup case

Prashant Srivastava -
In UP assembly, CM says SP workers involved in the illegal trade & none of them would be spared. Akhilesh has alleged Yogi govt shielding those involved.

No codeine syrup deaths in Uttar Pradesh, strict action being taken under NDPS Act, says CM Yogi

ANI -
Govt has registered 79 cases, named 225 accused, and arrested 78 people while raids have been carried out on 134 firms, he informs Assembly.

RSS is warming up to Yogi Adityanath. CM has many more boxes to tick

+TFP D.K. Singh -
It’s not just the Opposition parties Yogi Adityanath has to contend with. His detractors within the BJP are no less formidable.

Bulldozers demolish ‘Connaught Place’ of Meerut. A story of master plan vs organic markets

+TFP Samridhi Tewari -
Shastri Nagar market grew and thrived in Meerut for over three decades until a Supreme Court order brought in the bulldozers. Some call it illegal, others call it ‘organic’.

‘Pappu, Tappu, Appu’—Yogi calls Rahul, Tejashwi, Akhilesh as INDIA bloc’s ‘three monkeys’

ANI -
Darbhanga: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yogi Adityanath on Monday took a sharp jibe at the Mahagathbandhan alliance, saying...

Yogi movie shows a man who fights goondas, protects women but ‘not made for politics’

Tina Das -
The film gives us a sanitised, saintly version of the UP CM. While Anant V Joshi’s performance is commendable, his character is flatter than cardboard.

In a first, CM Yogi Adityanath announces assured minimum wages for UP workers

PTI -
The initiative will guarantee dignified employment, job security & protection of workers' rights, Adityanath said, assuring no outsourcing company will be allowed to exploit workers.

Sleepless in western UP. Everybody is panicking about drones

+TFP Samridhi Tewari -
Drones are the new Kala Bandar in western UP villages. They are thieves, spies, kidnappers. CM Yogi Adityanath has now threatened Gangster Act against ‘drone chors’.

The widow who turned rebel: UP MLA Pooja Pal, who was expelled from SP hours after praising Yogi

+TFP Prashant Srivastava -
Lucknow: Of all the reasons to enter politics, hers was the strangest: Murder. And it was BSP leader Mayawati who encouraged Pooja Pal to...

At least 11 killed as vehicle with pilgrims falls into Gonda canal in UP

ANI -
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed grief & offered condolences to the families of the deceased.
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