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.

CM Yogi’s UP population control bill is designed to serve only one purpose — 2022 election

S. Y. Quraishi - 14 July, 2021

If Muslims come out in support of the population policy, the Yogi Adityanath government itself would likely backtrack under pressure from the Hindu Right.

Population control through State action never worked in India. Time to focus on economy

Shyam Saran - 14 July, 2021

We do not need a population control policy. We need a better public health and education policy, and above all, a coherent economic strategy.

Population control is already on. Adityanath’s bill risks reversing UP’s improving trends

Rami Chhabra - 13 July, 2021

Uttar Pradesh’s laggard position with higher poverty, lower literacy and lower work opportunities requires more attention than this ‘population control bill’.

New UP population policy aims to reduce gross fertility rate to 2.1 by 2026 and 1.9 by 2030

PTI - 11 July, 2021

While unveiling the Uttar Pradesh Population Policy 2021-2030, UP CM Yogi Adityanath called rising population in the state a 'hurdle in development' Sunday.

Rising population at the root of issues like societal inequality, says UP CM Yogi Adityanath

ANI - 11 July, 2021

On World Population Day, the UP CM said population control is the primary condition for the establishment of an advanced society.

How suspended IAS officers are quietly reinstated by state governments

ThePrint Team - 10 July, 2021

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Why Yogi Adityanath ignores Akhilesh, Mayawati, Priyanka but welcomes Owaisi to UP

D.K. Singh - 5 July, 2021

The Uttar Pradesh chief minister is now an Owaisi ‘fan’. And calls the AIMIM head a ‘big national leader’.

BJP will win more than 300 seats in upcoming UP assembly polls, says Yogi Adityanath

ANI - 4 July, 2021

Speaking after BJP’s win in the Zila Panchayat polls, Adityanath congratulated BJP workers & said there was no doubt the party will form the govt in Uttar Pradesh in 2022.

Addition of Yogi, Ramdev’s books in syllabus part of continued attack on academic spaces

Disha Ray - 23 June, 2021

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

Attack Yogi & BJP, all-Hindi posts — How Priyanka Gandhi’s using Facebook to reach voters

Revathi Krishnan - 23 June, 2021

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's daily Facebook activity involves 3-4 posts, much more than her presence on Twitter or Instagram. But opponents say all that won’t count for much politically.

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