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.

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UP CM Adityanath meets families of Sonbhadra victims, hints at SP & Congress involvement

PTI - July 21, 2019

CM Yogi Adityanath, announced an enhanced compensation of Rs 18.5 lakh to the families of those killed, and said a report on an inquiry into the wrongdoings has been sought within 10 days.

Alarmed by expressway accidents, UP plans special devices to prevent drivers from dozing off

PTI - July 12, 2019

The move comes close on the heels of an accident on the 165-km Yamuna Expressway which claimed 29 lives.

Much before Modi govt crackdown on IRS officers, Yogi’s UP punished 600 officials for graft

Aditi Vatsa - July 5, 2019

Yogi govt took action against 401 officials, retired 201 in its first year; another 400 under scanner; crackdown likely on 'corrupt ministers' too.

A chauffeur for ‘dinosaur’ Congress, and Yogi’s ‘stolen’ trick

Harshit Manshukhani - July 4, 2019

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Never mind Constitution, Yogi govt issuing SC certificates to OBC groups was a win-win move

Dilip Mandal - July 4, 2019

Ahead of 2022 elections in UP, the Yogi Adityanath government is going all out to woo the OBCs, with a special focus on most backward castes.

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Thawarchand Gehlot — BJP’s low-key, ‘obedient’, top Dalit face who has taken on CM Yogi

Ruhi Tewari - July 3, 2019

BJP’s leader in Rajya Sabha Thawarchand Gehlot has said Adityanath govt decision to include 17 OBC communities in Scheduled Castes list ‘not proper’.

Not just Adityanath, UP journalists have been jailed, thrashed under Akhilesh & Mayawati too

Aditi Vatsa - July 3, 2019

Latest incident came Sunday when 30-40 journalists were ‘locked up’ in a room in a Moradabad hospital where CM Yogi Adityanath was on an inspection visit.

Uttar Pradesh govt’s order on castes is unconstitutional: Social justice minister Thawarchand

PTI - July 2, 2019

Minister Thawarchand Gehlot has asked the UP government not to issue caste certificates to 17 OBCs based on the order.

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