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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. 

The seer who stung Yogi plans a new cow protection yatra, this time from UP CM’s bastion Gorakhpur

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Avimukteshwaranand has been in the spotlight ever since he locked horns with Yogi govt over allegedly being stopped from taking a holy dip at Triveni Sangam on Mauni Amavasya.

Yogi Adityanath is going around UP taking ‘candid feedback’ from RSS workers

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BJP state chief and state organisation secretary are also part of the discussions, apart from the zonal incharges of BJP and RSS setup.

MOUs worth Rs 1.5 lakh crore & global pitch to invest in UP: What Yogi’s Singapore-Japan visit delivered

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UP plans to develop a 500-acre ‘Japan City’ in the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority area and a ‘Singapore City’ near the Noida International Airport.

First Maurya, now Pathak: Why UP CM Yogi Adityanath may have to watch out for his deputies

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On Thursday, UP Deputy CMs Maurya and Pathak met RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in Lucknow. The sarsanghachalak also held a meeting with CM Yogi Adityanath the previous day.

Netflix’s Ghooskhor Pandat ‘another bid at humiliating Brahmins’—Union minister lauds Yogi for FIR

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Director Neeraj Pandey says he is taking down promotional material for the Manoj Bajpayee-starrer while maintaining that the film does not comment on or represent any caste.

Avimukteshwaranand: Seer who skipped Ram Temple consecration, ‘expelled’ Rahul & is now mad at Yogi govt

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Avimukteshwaranand has in the past taken stands against both BJP and Congress. On Sunday, he was prevented from taking holy dip at Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj on Mauni Amavasya. 

Why BJP is worried about SIR in Uttar Pradesh

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CM Yogi Adityanath has urged BJP workers to reach out to every voter till the exercise was on and cautioned them against complacency, it is learnt.

BJP-RSS gameplan for UP takes shape after marathon meetings in Lucknow. Yogi at centre of it

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A two-day review by top RSS and BJP leaders in Lucknow points to deeper Sangh-government coordination and tighter organisational oversight ahead of the 2027 Assembly polls.

Data shows investments worth Rs 12 lakh cr on the ground in UP—1/3rd of commitments made since 2017

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UP govt had received investment commitments of Rs 4.28 lakh crore during the investors summit in 2018, and Rs 33.5 lakh crore during the global investors summit in 2023.

Halal certification works like an Inspection Raj of its own. And it’s not just about meat

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Manufacturers are changing their packaging to assuage the political mood after Yogi Adityanath’s halal-certification ‘ban’.
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