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.
If demonetisation had economic cost, nation-wide NRC will have social cost that will linger for years. Yes but what if the listener is not even aware that he is clue less about the issue or its consequences? It will remain as is the discussions in Parliament. You go on recors. That is it.
The tenure of Yogiji in UP coincides with a deep gash in investment, since it started a little after Demonetisation. UP has never been a favoured destination. However, Haryana has received a lot of FDI in manufacturing, participated fully in the real estate boom. The priorities of both CMs ought to be economic revival. One does not know if OTC asked Shri Khattar about the woes of the automobile sector, the deepening crisis in real estate. Both gentlemen are in a sense Accidental Chief Ministers. They could have justified their somewhat surprising selection by providing first rate governance. Something as basic as law and order.
Let’s be perfectly honest. In the case of Assam, there was the Assam Accord and a cut off date that coincided with the start of the Bangladesh freedom struggle, 25th March 1971. The Other was the Bengali, religion was not the dominant emotion at that time. The final draft is a sore disappointment, since Hindus outnumber Muslims 2 : 1 in the figure of 1.9 million aliens. 2. Haryana and UP will not repeat that mistake. No Hindu is at risk. Not even a Madrasi who has settled in either state. It is evident which names and surnames will be subjected to MRI scans. Please don’t do it would be a humble citizen’s prayer.
It is one thing to excavate a mountain and end up with a lady rat. [ It sounds so much better in the vernacular. ] However, it is altogether more unstatesmanlike to place a couple of dead mice in one’s hands and proceed to disturb the solitary splendour of a timeless mountain. These wanton acts will undermine our sense of solidarity and nationhood. We are a very complex nation, a combination of history and geography. At the risk of being gravely misunderstood, one can say that without the accident of British rule, our map could have looked very different. So let us not inflame passions that could consume us. That would have been Sardar Patel’s advice to us.
One should not be required to prove ones citizenship, the onus must be on the government to prove that you are not a citizen.
Last December I lost my passport in Moscow, the Indian Embassy asked questions and required me to jump through some odd bureaucratic hoops, this went on for weeks, over several visits and still no replacement passport was forthcoming.
At last I got fed up with this petty officialdom. I said “Do you know, I don’t require a passport, as a citizen of India to enter my own country, it is my right!”.
The official said “you give us the evidence and have already proved yourself a citizen, but since you are a Muslim we want to make sure you have not visited Pakistan” that is why your case is taking so long.
This is an example kind of discrimination Muslims citizens face under this government , There seem to be different rules for Muslims
We Muslims of India are increasingly being treated as second class citizens in a Hindu country,
Muslims in India face these blockages too frequently when getting work done involving government officials.