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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. 

SC dismisses plea against UP govt denying sanction to prosecute Yogi in 2007 ‘hate speech’ case

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The petitioner had alleged that Yogi Adityanath made anti-Muslim hate remarks while addressing ‘Hindu Yuva Vahini’ activists in a meeting held in Gorakhpur on 27 January 2007.

‘Release Shrikant or face your downfall in 2024,’ Tyagis warn BJP at Noida mahapanchayat

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While BJP has denied any links with the self-proclaimed politician, Union Minister of state Sanjeev Balyan said 'Tyagi community has always voted for us, we will sit and talk'.

What became of loudspeakers taken off temples & mosques by Yogi govt? Read on

+TFP Shikha Salaria -
School authorities are planning to use the loudspeakers in cultural programmes & rallies they have to organise as part of voter awareness campaigns and govt's pupil enrolment drive.

Modi-Yogi govt to take development to villages, not just cities, says PM Modi

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PM further added that the work in UP's infrastructure has "surpassed several top performing states". He also said that efforts are being made to connect various places of the state with air routes.

Yogi Adityanath wants ‘balance’ after UN predicts India’s population will surpass China’s

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AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi slams the UP chief minister for ‘spreading fake news’, says India’s fertility rate is below replacement level.

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‘Learn about freedom fighters from our community’ — UP minister Ansari on Yogi govt’s madrasa plan

Shikha Salaria -
The lone Muslim in Yogi cabinet, Danish Ansari also defends govt's bulldozer action, says it sends message to 'criminals & mafias' that country will run according to rule of law.

Yogi Adityanath wants ‘CBI-like’ anti-corruption agency in UP, orders new law

Shikha Salaria -
At a meeting Thursday, the UP Chief Minister told his home department to draft the new legislation. The law aims at strengthening the state’s 'special investigation team'.

Yogi, Vijayan, Bhagwant Mann — why so many CMs would rather hold most portfolios themselves

+TFP Unnati Sharma -
Adityanath holds 34 departments, Bhagwant Mann and Pinarayi Vijayan 27 each, and 17 CMs handle home. Meanwhile, Kejriwal and KCR are among those who have kept few to no portfolios.

Why Yogi ministers can’t choose personal staff, but can turn down women as personal secretary

Shikha Salaria -
Ministers in Yogi 2.0 government are being assigned staff through digital randomisation to avoid ‘bias’. But they can turn down women personal secretaries as ‘practical’ measure.
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