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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. 

Construction of Ram Temple a big deal, God chose me to take his legacy forward, says Yogi

Shubhangi Misra -
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath was addressing the media during the UP government’s Deepotsav event, a three-day celebration of Diwali in Ayodhya held from 1-3 November.

Amit Shah is wrong. Modi’s re-election doesn’t depend on Adityanath’s 2022 win

D.K. Singh -
BJP’s media-minders frantically started calling journalists Friday, asking them to ignore or at least underplay Amit Shah’s statement. They too knew he was wrong.

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel charted India course after Independence, says Yogi Adityanath

PTI -
'Patel with his farsightedness brought together many provinces and helped turn it into the biggest democracy of the world,' Uttar Pradesh CM said on his 146th birth anniversary.

Hindu Yuva Vahini helped Yogi into CM’s chair. Now its Gorakhpur office lies deserted

Unnati Sharma -
While Hindu Yuva Vahini office-bearers say its role has changed since pro-Hindutva govt came to power in UP, its office doesn’t open every day, and former members allege ‘deception’.

UP BJP tweets cartoon depicting CM Yogi as Lord Ram, taking aim at ‘Ravana’ of social evils

Neelam Pandey -
UP BJP spokesperson says CM Yogi Adityanath has been running drive to eliminate corruption, crime and other social evils, Congress calls the depiction ‘brazen’.

Hathras to Lakhimpur Kheri, opposition is only relying on BJP missteps, not setting agenda

Ruhi Tewari -
The opposition in UP has found its voice, but it needs to dig its own agenda, not merely beat the anti-Modi tin drum.

Broom in hand at Dalit basti, Priyanka takes leaf from Modi 2014 playbook after Yogi jibe

Prashant Srivastava -
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath Friday sought to mock Priyanka’s viral ‘sweeping video’, which was shot while she was in custody in Sitapur earlier this week.

Celebrating ‘azadi’ Yogi Adityanath-style, and SUVs have the right of way

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Modi can’t behave as if ‘sab changa si’ and not speak up on Lakhimpur Kheri

Ruhi Tewari -
Modi's 35-minute speech in Lucknow, about 150 km away from Lakhimpur Kheri site where four farmers were mowed down allegedly by BJP minister Ajay Mishra's son, was bad timing.

Yogi names Kangana Ranaut brand ambassador of UP’s ‘one district-one product’ scheme

PTI -
The UP government has launched the 'one district-one product' programme with the aim to create product-specific traditional industrial hubs across 75 districts of the state.
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