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Topic: CM 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. 

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19-yr-old NEET aspirant brutally killed by cattle smugglers in Gorakhpur, sparks violent protests

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According to police, the smugglers abducted Deepak Gupta when he along with others were chasing them away from his village. They crushed the 19-yr-old's head before dumping his body.

‘It is not a political film’—Yogi Adityanath biopic set to release after CBFC tussle

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The film, Ajey: The Untold Story of a Yogi, has no mention of the Hindu Yuva Vahini, a controversial outfit founded by Yogi Adityanath in 2002.

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Samajwadi Party's outreach to Gurjars in western UP is an attempt to counter the BJP's growing influence on the Jat voter.
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