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.

What Karnataka BJP leaders plan to do to stop Bengaluru air show from moving to Yogi’s UP

Rohini Swamy - August 13, 2018

Will approach defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman, an MP from Karnataka, to lobby against the move, Rajeev Chandrasekhar says.

PNB in Antigua, and Narendra Modi’s gau dan in Uganda

Neera Majumdar - July 30, 2018

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Their silence is not helping Indian Muslims – they must speak up and be heard

Shivam Vij - July 27, 2018

There is nothing like a community speaking for itself. ‘Jo dar gaya, woh mar gaya’.

Muzaffarnagar riots: Withdrawal of 131 cases by Yogi govt challenged in top court

Ritika Jain - July 12, 2018

Petitioner, a riot victim, has sought transfer of the cases to Delhi or any other place for fair trial.

Yogi out to defy ‘Noida jinx’ and a Karnataka politician falls prey to an online fraud

ThePrint Team - July 11, 2018

Pre-Truth — snappy, witty and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

Karnataka announces Rs 34,000-crore farm loan waiver, national tally crosses Rs 1.9 trillion

Nikhil Rampal - July 6, 2018

The H.D. Kumaraswamy government joins a list of seven states that have announced farm loan waivers since 2014.

At Kabir’s mausoleum, CM Yogi Adityanath refuses to wear cap but keeps it

PTI - June 28, 2018

Adityanath was overseeing preparations for PM Modi's visit at poet's mausoleum when a local caretaker offered him a fur cap.

Delhi succeeds in saving its trees, for now, and Jaitley compares Indira Gandhi to Hitler

Nandita Singh - June 26, 2018

Front Page HC stays plan to cut thousands of Delhi trees till 4 July. NBCC (India) Ltd, which has plans of redeveloping seven south Delhi colonies where...

Yogi remark on quota in AMU, Jamia a bid to break Dalit-Muslim solidarity: Dalit leader

Sanya Dhingra - June 25, 2018

Dalit body head accuses BJP of shedding 'crocodile tears' for the community, points to vacancies in central universities.

No swimming pool in bungalow, didn’t remove govt property: Akhilesh Yadav

Kumar Anshuman - June 13, 2018

Former UP CM lashes out at Adityanath government over charges that he vandalised government bungalow, says bureaucrats close to CM responsible for ‘manipulating’ premises.

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