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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. 

UP is the new liquor capital—Record revenues, home bars, model shops. Yogi govt loving it

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From model stores like The Weekend, to beer brands such as Campai and Winery and brand Regina, Uttar Pradesh has left high liquor revenue states behind.

In five-year span, UP witness 250 times growth in export sector, says Yogi Adityanath

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The UP CM said the state has received investment proposals worth Rs 38 lakh crore, which will create around 1 crore 10 lakh jobs for the youth.

Every UP IAS officer is dreading a list. Unhappy CM Yogi jumping in to solve all minor issues

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Did UP economy do better under Akhilesh than Yogi? A data-check on state’s $1-trillion ambition

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UP intends to become a trillion-dollar economy within the next five years. Experts say it could be a tall order, as it requires UP to grow at a minimum of 32 percent per annum.

Are Ayodhya temples tax-free? No, there’s a catch, and priests aren’t happy about it

Shikha Salaria -
Ayodhya's civic body has waived property, water and sewage taxes for its temples, mutts and introduced a 'symbolic' tax. However, priests say it benefits only bigger entities.

Over 60 Muslim BJP candidates win UP municipal polls. Party calls it victory, experts say ‘tokenism’

Shikha Salaria -
BJP fielded 395 Muslim candidates. Party now says community no longer harbours 'doubts' about them, while analysts say BJP has fielded Muslim candidates only in lower level of govt.

Yogi strikes hard at gangster Atiq Ahmed’s reign, seizing his properties & giving them back to citizens

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Acting DGP retires, UP puts another officer in his place — no clarity still on state’s next top cop

Shikha Salaria -
Appointment of permanent DGP will take time as govt has to send fresh panel of officers to UPSC for consideration after the body raised objections on removal of Mukul Goel last yr.

Script ready but stuck in production? Rajinikanth ‘in talks’, but Yogi’s ‘Film City’ has no takers yet

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After delays, YEIDA had extended deadline for developers or companies to apply for project to 31 March, failing which, a meeting will be held on 4 April to discuss the road ahead.

Man behind ‘successful’ UP investors summit, IAS Arvind Kumar made adviser to Yogi days after retirement

Shikha Salaria -
According to govt order, a temporary post of adviser (industrial sector) was created and Kumar was appointed to the same. This brings total number of CM's advisers to 8.
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