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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. 

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

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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

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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

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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

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

Congress reels as BJP snaps up its Insta head & UP Deputy CM Maurya on the move

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UP ministers vs civil servants saga: Fresh flashpoint as 8th Yogi minister speaks out in viral letter

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Lucknow: The ongoing rift between Uttar Pradesh ministers and the bureaucracy shows no signs of easing. In the latest development, a letter written to...

In eastern UP, tug of war between BJP & SP over Raja Suheldev’s legacy. The prize—Rajbhar votes

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Hours after Yogi Adityanath unveiled a bronze statue of King Suheldev, the Samajwadi Party announced a gold statue after it comes to power in the future.

NaMo-asana, recommended for Trump & vegan food trucks ‘behind enemy lines’

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NaMo-asana, recommended for Trump & vegan food trucks 'behind enemy lines'

Another grand pran pratishtha at Ayodhya’s Ram temple, this time with Yogi front & centre

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Officials say it's just 'coincidence' that muhurat fell on CM's birthday. PM Modi had presided over consecration ceremony of Ram Lalla idol on ground-floor sanctum sanctorum last year.

Now a step closer to reality, what’s in store at Yogi’s ambitious, delayed International Film City

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Foundation stone for project is likely to be laid before 30 June. First phase will involve development on 230 acres in Sector 21 along Yamuna Motorway, it is learnt.
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