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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. 

Now, Union minister Gangwar writes to CM Yogi to flag ‘grave concern’ about UP Covid crisis

Moushumi Das Gupta -
While Santosh Gangwar is first Union minister to write to UP CM about Covid mismanagement, several BJP MPs & MLAs in state have also flagged issues in their letters to Yogi.

Yogi replaces ‘Team 11’ with ‘Team 9’ to tackle Covid, brings in ministers to take charge

Prashant Srivastava -
The previous team only had civil servants in it. In the new team, all the nine members have been assigned different responsibilities to tackle the pandemic in the state.

Appalled at Harsh Vardhan statement denying oxygen, vaccines shortage: Chidambaram

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Taking to Twitter to express his outrage, the senior Congress leader asked if doctors and families were lying and if photos of the crisis were fake.

‘No shortage of oxygen’: UP govt says hospitals can’t deny admission to Covid patients

Prashant Srivastava -
UP government has asked govt hospitals to direct patients to private hospitals if beds are unavailable. The cost of treatment will be borne by state government.

In UP, oxygen is now exclusive for hospitals. Patients in home isolation not getting any

Jyoti Yadav -
An order passed by Yogi Adityanath govt on 21 April prohibits the supply of oxygen to individuals, ‘except for those in serious conditions’.

Yogi’s Team-11 & how they are tackling Covid crisis in India’s now second worst-hit state

Moushumi Das Gupta -
Cities across UP, including Lucknow, are battling acute bed shortage, medicines & supply of medical oxygen, forcing private hospitals to tell attendants to take patients elsewhere.

Yogi slams Kerala govt for not taking any steps to stop ‘forced conversion’ for marriage

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After inaugurating 'Vijay Yatra', the UP CM also criticised the Kerala govt over the increasing Covid positive cases & claimed that his state had effectively tackled the pandemic.

Vaccination carried forward PM Modi’s resolution of ‘Make in India’, says UP CM Yogi Adityanath

PTI -
UP CM Yogi Adityanath Saturday asked people to remain alert for rumours regarding Covid vaccines and wait for their turn to get vaccinated.

16 anti-conversion law cases, key accused Muslims, but UP govt insists law is religion-neutral

Ananya Bhardwaj -
UP’s anti-conversion law seems to have deepened communal fault lines and instilled fear among Muslims. Fringe Hindu Right-wing groups say the fear is ‘important’.

AAP MLA Somnath Bharti arrested in UP after remarks on CM Yogi, state hospitals

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Bharti was arrested for criminal intimidation and promoting enmity between groups. Minutes before his arrest, a youth also hurled ink at the minister.
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