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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. 

UP govt to sign MoUs to provide employment to over 9 lakh migrant workers

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Additional Chief Secretary Home Awanish Kumar Awasthi said that Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath has invited investors while emphasising on the production of indigenous goods.

Yogi vs Uddhav vs Piyush Goyal: Will politics over migrant workers hurt economic revival?

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Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray’s accusation that the Railways is not running enough trains to ferry migrant workers sparked a Twitter war with Railway minister Piyush Goyal.

Yogi govt bans cellphones in UP’s Covid hospitals, withdraws order after furore

Prashant Srivastava -
Saturday order had drawn flak from opposition, which alleged that the government was banning mobile phones to hide mismanagement in isolation wards.

‘Cruel joke’ — Congress MLA Aditi Singh attacks her party over buses for migrants

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Raebareli MLA Aditi Singh tweeted that more than half of the 1,000 'buses' arranged by the Congress to send migrant workers back home were 'fake'.

Allahabad HC refuses to stay Yogi govt order barring private schools from hiking fees

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A bench comprising Justices Anil Kumar and Saurabh Lavania has, however, demanded a response from the UP advocate general.

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Yogi Adityanath suspends 2 SHOs after 24 migrant workers killed in UP’s Auraiya

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According to UP government's statement, family of each deceased would receive Rs 2 lakh and Rs 50,000 will be given to those seriously injured in the accident.

The Kanpur lesson & how Yogi Adityanath is turning Covid -19 into an opportunity for reform

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UP Jal Nigam hasn’t paid staff for 3 months but donated Rs 1.47 cr to Yogi govt Covid fund

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Employees are complaining as Jal Nigam’s top brass donated the money claiming it was a day’s wages of the staff that they voluntarily donated.

Sweta Singh’s ‘jaankaari ki vaccine’ on Aaj Tak, Times Now admires Yogi’s commitment

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