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 govt takes notes from SP 2012, promises tablets/phones to 1 cr students ahead of UP polls

Prashant Srivastava - August 19, 2021

In 2012 assembly polls, SP’s promise to distribute free laptops to students graduating from Class 12 was seen as a key factor behind the party’s victory.

UP govt to set up ATS training centre in Deoband amid ‘Taliban’s savagery’

PTI - August 17, 2021

UP CM Yogi Adityanath's media advisor said the work to open a commando training centre in Deoband, known for its Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband, has started on a 'war footing.'

This Bihar NDA ally wants to contest UP elections in 2022. But BJP has set a condition

Shanker Arnimesh - August 4, 2021

Over the past few days, Hindustani Awam Morcha leader Santosh Manjhi met BJP brass and UP CM Adityanath. So did Ramdas Athawale of Republican Party of India (A).

Amit Shah praises CM Yogi Adityanath for taking UP to ‘top spot’ in law and order

PTI - August 1, 2021

While laying the foundation of the UP State Institute of Forensic Sciences, Shah further said BJP does not work on the basis of caste or families but for the development of poor.

UP 2022 election ‘maha yudh’ has begun. And news channels already have a winner

Shailaja Bajpai - July 15, 2021

Advertorials and interviews have interspersed with coverage of a succession of developments in UP. Does this signal “all is well” for the CM?

Incumbent on SC to protect minority rights. Justice Chandrachud has voiced judiciary’s conscience

ThePrint Team - July 14, 2021

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

How UP’s proposed population policy compares to two-child norms in other states

Angana Chakrabarti - July 14, 2021

Similar policies have been around in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra. Assam is also considering such a policy.

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

SY Quraishi - July 14, 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 - July 14, 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 - July 13, 2021

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

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