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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. 

TV news is 90% politicians, 5% experts, 5% anchors. UP coverage is finally changing that

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‘First to report’ — TV channels love self-praise. But when it comes to UP elections, they are doing something actually praise-worthy.

‘What’s there in UP?’: Bhojpuri singer Neha Rathore gets into song war with BJP MP Ravi Kishan

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In ‘UP Mein Ka Ba’, Rathore has criticised the Yogi govt over issues like Covid deaths and Hathras ‘rape and murder case’. It came in response to Kishan’s ‘UP Mein Sab Ba’.

Yogi to contest his first Assembly election from Gorakhpur

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The announcement has put to rest speculation that the CM may be contesting from Ayodhya, the epicentre of Hindutva politics.

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In ‘To Kill A Democracy’, Debashish Roy Chowdhury and John Keane write there are 3 million people in Gorakhpur, yet it has just one engineering college and university.

‘Futile to die for duty’: Most dead anganwadis’ kin haven’t got Rs 50L relief UP govt promised

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UP govt announced Rs 50 lakh compensation in May 2021 for 72 anganwadi workers who died while on Covid duty. Only 12 families have received funds so far, says govt official.

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Dara Singh Chauhan, Swami Prasad Maurya & Dharam Singh Saini were key to BJP's non-Jadav vote bank. Adityanath and his policies damaged this relationship.

It’s the season of Kaun Banega Imaandaar as TV channels interview Yogi, Akhilesh Yadav

Shailaja Bajpai -
Anjana Om Kashyap of Aaj Tak was incensed at Akhilesh calling her an ‘imandaar’ journalist. Yogi Adityanath doesn't need to as anchors listen to him almost respectfully.

Dara Singh Chauhan, another UP minister & OBC leader, quits Yogi cabinet & is likely to join SP

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Chauhan's resignation comes a day after fellow minister & OBC leader Swami Prasad Maurya’s. An arrest warrant has now been issued against Maurya for alleged hate speech in 2014.

In West Bengal, misuse of funds in the name of sports clubs must stop. Order probe

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Who’ll be ‘man of the match’ in UP? West-to-east polls has clear answer

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The UP election that was once centred on Yogi Adityanath is fast becoming an election for Modi and an opportunity for Amit Shah.
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