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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. 

UP govt to give plot, job to family member of Balrampur rape victim, says BJP MLA

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BJP MLA Palturam from Balrampur, who met the victim's family, said that the Yogi Adityanath government will also give Rs 2 lakh as financial assistance.

BJP worried Hathras case could affect Bihar polls, says it will ensure ‘speedy justice’ in UP

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BJP leaders say UP CM Yogi Adityanath acted swiftly in the Hathras 'gang rape' and assault case, but the opposition in Bihar could use it to target the party ahead of the assembly election.

Another gang rape-death of UP Dalit woman surfaces, in Balrampur, amid Hathras outrage

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A 22-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly gang-raped by two men in Balrampur Tuesday. Family alleges she had sustained broken bones, but police say there weren't any such injuries.

National Commission of Scheduled Castes without a chairperson for months, so is UP’s panel

Neelam Pandey -
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Yogi Adityanath talks to Hathras gang rape victim’s father, assures penalty against accused

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The CM also announced Rs 25 lakh financial assistance, job to a family member in the post of junior assistance; allotment of a house & hearing of the case on a fast-track court.

No moral right to continue as CM — Priyanka Gandhi slams Yogi over Hathras gang rape case

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The govt did not protect her when she was alive and after her death, they took away the right of the family to perform the last rites or respect the deceased, Gandhi said.

BJP hails Babri verdict, Priyanka asks Adityanath to resign, Mahua calls out Modi’s ‘new India’

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Dalit woman raped and murdered in Hathras died another death in UP Police’s forced cremation

Jyoti Yadav -
While the Hathras gangrape and murder is not an isolated incident, the responses of the Yogi Adityanath-led government and UP Police to it speak of the resentment against calls for social justice.

Modi calls for strict action against culprits in Hathras case, CM Yogi says SIT will probe

Revathi Krishnan -
Amid outrage over UP Police’s decision to cremate the Hathras gang rape victim’s body at night, CM Yogi Adityanath also said the case will be tried in a fast-track court.

1,000 scholars, activists back UP journalist Prashant Kanojia, say arrest ‘driven by vendetta’

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The signatories include scholars from IIT, JNU, IIM and premier international institutions like the universities of Oxford and Columbia.
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