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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. 

222 mafias killed, 930 booked under NSA: Yogi 8-yr report card leans heavily on ‘improved law & order’

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Samajwadi Party chief and former UP CM Akhilesh Yadav asks what's the point of celebrating 8 years when cases of encounters and rapes in Uttar Pradesh being reported daily.

Whistle-blowers or party snipers? UP ministers’ ‘letter bombs’ leaving Yogi govt red-faced

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Vice President Dhankhar, UP CM Adityanath, and diplomats from 73 countries visit Maha Kumbh on Saturday

PTI -
CM Adityanath is scheduled to attend the Pattabhishek ceremony at Satuwa Baba’s camp at 4 pm. Officials said 116 diplomats would be at the Maha Kumbh Mela on 1 February.

12 hours after Maha Kumbh stampede, TV news back to ‘unshakeable faith, excellent arrangement’

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Watching television on Wednesday morning you would have thought that nothing had happened just six hours earlier.

At least a dozen feared dead in Mahakumbh stampede, devotees say ‘no arrangements for common people’

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Prayagraj SSP says there was no stampede, but excessive crowding. Over 50 injured devotees are being treated in various medical facilities.

Akharas cancel Mauni Amavasya ‘Amrit Snan’ after ‘stampede-like’ situation at Mahakumbh, casualties feared

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A stampede-like situation broke out earlier Wednesday at the Sangam, where several people, including women and children, suffered injuries.

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On a campaign spree in Delhi, Yogi’s anti-AAP tirade hinges on ‘Bangladeshi infiltrators’, 2020 riots

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The UP CM addressed his first rally in Kirari, followed by Karol Bagh & Janakpuri. He also hit out at AAP for development issues & turning Yamuna into a 'dirty drain'.

UP CM Yogi Adityanath congratulates devotees on taking 1st Amrit Snan at Mahakumbh

ANI -
In a post on X, CM Yogi described this sacred event as a living testament to India's eternal culture and faith, the CM also wished the people of the state on Makar Sankranti.

Portrait of a Yogi causes stir in IAS circles & a Babbar redux keeps UP Congress guessing

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