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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. 

Nervous about Covid impact on 2022 polls, BJP directs Yogi to work on ‘caste coalition’ in UP

Shanker Arnimesh -
On 2-day visit to Delhi, CM Adityanath meets PM Modi, Amit Shah and BJP chief Nadda, briefs them on concerns raised by party leaders during review meetings on UP's Covid situation.

UP CM Yogi Adityanath meets PM Modi amid ministerial reshuffle speculation in state

PTI -
The UP CM, who is on a two-day visit to the national capital from Thursday to meet the BJP top brass, is also scheduled to meet party president JP Nadda in the afternoon.

Yogi meets Shah in Delhi, to meet Modi & Nadda next as BJP worries about UP polls

Shanker Arnimesh -
Fielding complaints about UP's handling of Covid crisis from its own party workers, BJP is trying to ensure it is ready to secure a second term when assembly polls take place next year. 

With Jitin Prasada, BJP will look to calm Brahmin anger against Yogi govt in UP

Prashant Srivastava -
Congress leader Jitin Prasada Wednesday joined the ruling BJP in the presence of Union Minister Piyush Goyal in New Delhi.

UP to ease Covid curfew restrictions as active cases fall below 600 in all districts

PTI -
In a high-level meeting on Tuesday, CM Yogi Adityanath reviewed the Covid situation and decided to ease curbs for all 75 districts of the state, from 7 am to 7 pm, for five days.

With 6 FIRs in 12 months, how this ex-IAS officer has become a bane for the Yogi govt

Prashant Srivastava -
Former IAS officer Surya Pratap Singh has been critical of the Yogi Adityanath government for over a year now. On Saturday, he was questioned for over 6 hours by Unnao Police.

Meet ‘philosophers’ Yogi, Ramdev — their yoga books to be taught as philosophy in UP varsities

Kritika Sharma -
The state-run Chaudhary Charan Singh University in Meerut has already included the books in its syllabus, with the rest likely to follow soon.  

After meeting Modi, top RSS leader spends 4 days in UP assessing Yogi govt’s dented image

Prashant Srivastava -
Dattatreya Hosabale was in Lucknow from Monday to Thursday, after Sunday’s meeting with Modi & Shah on how to undo damage caused by Yogi govt’s Covid management.

Modi-BJP-RSS meeting was on ‘way to undo damage’ of Yogi govt’s Covid handling in UP

Shanker Arnimesh -
Modi, Shah, Nadda and RSS’ Hosabale met Sunday, 9 months before UP goes to the polls. Sources say CM Yogi Adityanath may not get as much of a free hand anymore.

‘Wanted to share mann ki baat’: 4 doctors try to meet CM Yogi with list of demands, detained

Prashant Srivastava -
Four junior doctors from Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College in Jhansi were briefly detained by police Sunday but were let go afterwards.
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