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Topic: 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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Sharma worked closely with Modi as an IAS till he joined BJP. Now, a minister in Yogi govt, with power & urban development portfolios, he has been facing flak over several incidents.

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Riots have stopped in state after 2017, chief minister says, referring to him coming to power that year.

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New Delhi: The Yogi Adityanath-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Uttar Pradesh has rolled out a comprehensive plan to promote cattle rearing, protect...

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Last week, BJP state secretary Abhijat Mishra along with other party functionaries distributed copies of Constitution & Ambedkar's photographs to sanitation workers at Maha Kumbh.
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