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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. 

Will fight election from wherever the party says: UP CM Yogi Adityanath

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Adityanath made the statement when asked whether he will contest from Ayodhya, Mathura, or from his home district Gorakhpur for the upcoming assembly polls.

Shivraj beats Yogi: New MP law is tougher than UP’s, fines protesters double for damage caused

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The Prevention of Damage to Public and Private Property and Recovery of Damages Bill 2021 was passed in the MP assembly this week by voice vote without a discussion.

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Why the road to finish UP’s Saryu canal project went via jail, Dubai & a messy marriage

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PM Modi inaugurated 6,623-km long Saryu canal project this month. The delayed project was first conceptualised in 1978. This is the story of UP govt's push since 2017 to get it going.

India needs Ram Rajya, socialism is ‘biggest superstition’, UP CM Yogi Adityanath says

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Speaking at the UP Legislative Assembly, the CM said India doesn't need communism or socialism but Ram Rajya, which he described as eternal, universal & not affected by circumstances.

Jobs or moksha? Modi’s Kashi corridor in Varanasi comes at a price

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Ghats of India’s holiest city look cleaner than when we last visited, but the rest of the city remains filthy as ever.

UP govt cancels teachers’ exam after paper leak, Yogi says ‘guilty to be charged as gangsters’

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UP Police found question paper for Sunday's exam had already been leaked, arrested people early morning, leading to cancellation. Opposition parties accuse Yogi govt of corruption.

What Yogi told Modi in their viral photo, and trickle-down effect hits India’s health sector

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Hardcore BJP voters in UP’s Baghpat don’t believe Modi’s ‘change of heart’, Yogi gets thumbs-up

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Old RLD stronghold Baghpat started voting for BJP in 2014, but farmers are showing signs of coming back to Jayant Chaudhary’s party. Many still like UP’s Yogi Adityanath govt.

In two events, Modi added military into election engineering for UP. It’s a bad sign

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IAF airshow at Purvanchal Expressway and military equipment ‘Samarpan’ at Jhansi shows military hierarchy has become unwittingly party to BJP electioneering.
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