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.
It is ironical that after the 2002 Gujrat riots, when Vajpayeeji tried to intervene, Modi told them to leave Gujrat matters to him and focus only on Delhi. When Vajpayeeji wanted to sack Modi, Advaniji supported Modi. If Modi could tell central leadership to leave the state affairs to him when he was CM, why does he now wants to control all BJP-ruled states, why he could remove Vasundhara Raje, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Raman Singh with impunity? Modi is autocratic and power-hungry. It is good that Yogi gives a damn about Modi.