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.

Angry, Dalit, Muslim, sportsman: The many avatars of Lord Hanuman in 2018

Deeksha Bhardwaj - December 26, 2018

Since Yogi Adityanath’s ‘Dalit’ Hanuman comment last month, BJP leaders have been tripping over themselves to offer new labels to the God.

Hanuman was a sportsman & symbolised strength, says UP minister Chetan Chouhan

PTI - December 24, 2018

Lord Hanuman was a sportsperson, says UP sports minister Chetan Chauhan

‘You care about death of 2 men but not 21 cows?’ BJP MLA hits out at ex-civil servants

Deeksha Bhardwaj - December 20, 2018

Bulandshahr legislator Sanjay Singh has called the open letter by 82 civil servants demanding UP CM Yogi Adityanath’s resignation ‘politically motivated’.

Yogi Adityanath must resign for Bulandshahr violence, 82 retired civil servants urge Modi

Nandita Singh - December 19, 2018

Former civil servants write letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 'politics of hate' in Uttar Pradesh, want accountability to be fixed.

The long-winding path of justice and the confusion with tenses

Rupanwita Bhattacharjee - December 17, 2018

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‘Jumlebaaz Modi’ and ‘Yogi for PM’ posters appear in Lucknow

Deeksha Bhardwaj - December 12, 2018

Police have taken down the posters and filed an FIR against an organisation called the Uttar Pradesh Navnirman Sena.

Day after BJP drubbing, Yogi Adityanath lands up in Nepal

Aditi Vatsa - December 12, 2018

UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath attends a religious event at Janakpur, believed to be Sita’s birthplace.

PM Modi’s hollow 56-inch chest, and Yogi Adityanath calls BJP’s loss ‘just an accident’

Simrin Sirur - December 12, 2018

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Yogi govt alleges scam in nutrition scheme for kids but gives contracts to ‘tainted’ firms

Krishna Kant - December 12, 2018

Yogi Adityanath govt has given contracts to same firms it accused of supplying poor quality food to children.

BJP trailing in 59% of heartland seats Yogi Adityanath campaigned in

Pragya Kaushika - December 11, 2018

In MP, Chhattisgarh & Rajasthan, BJP is leading in 26 of 63 seats where Yogi Adityanath campaigned, raising questions about his effectiveness.

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