TopicYogi Adityanath

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.

Yogi Adityanath takes oath as chief minister of UP for record second term

ThePrint Team - March 25, 2022

Yogi will have two deputies, Keshav Maurya and Brajesh Pathak; the new cabinet will have five women and one Muslim minister.

Mamata must ensure fair probe and justice in Birbhum killings instead of doing whataboutery

ThePrint Team - March 23, 2022

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

Seers, BJP workers, welfare beneficiaries on long guest list for Yogi’s ‘grand’ oath ceremony

Shikha Salaria - March 23, 2022

Yogi Adityanath will be sworn in as UP CM for the 2nd time at Lucknow’s 75,000-capacity Ekana Stadium Friday. With eye on 2024, BJP plans to make it a spectacle.

Modi is ‘father figure’, Yogi ‘no flash in pan’: What pro-Hindutva press made of BJP’s big UP win

Unnati Sharma - March 23, 2022

ThePrint’s round-up of how pro-Hindutva media covered and commented on news and topical issues over the past few days.

‘Bhagirath-like effort needed’ as Yogi 2.0 revives trillion-dollar economy dream for UP

Shikha Salaria - March 16, 2022

To hit this target, UP’s growth would need to increase four-fold in the next 5 years, considering the govt's advance estimates of GSDP for 2021-22 stand at $254 billion.

Yogi Adityanath likely to meet PM Modi, BJP leaders in first Delhi visit after poll results

PTI - March 13, 2022

During the two-day visit, discussions are likely to centre around issues related to UP govt formation besides being a formal exercise to meet the BJP leadership.

BJP won fewer seats than 2017 but its ‘trust capital’ got a boost in UP 2022

Badri Narayan - March 11, 2022

For Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party, the challenge going forward would be to combine caste-based alliance with the social alliance led by communities on the ground.

Icing on BJP victory cake is farmers’ protests, Covid didn’t affect UP voters

Seshadri Chari - March 11, 2022

Election results reiterate that good governance and Narendra Modi are a winning combination. But for Congress, it's beyond redemption.

Equal credit to Yogi for UP but other wins are all about Modi’s popularity. BJP’s in a sweet spot

ThePrint Team - March 10, 2022

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

5 Assembly elections, 7 key pointers & 3 winners: Modi, Yogi, Kejriwal

Shekhar Gupta - March 10, 2022

Modi has become a colossus Indian politics hasn’t seen, Kejriwal has established a new politics of his own kind, and Yogi is the leader to watch.

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