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.

Children continue to die in scores in Gorakhpur’s killer ward. No outcry?

Ananya Bhardwaj - May 4, 2018

Not much has changed at BRD Medical College since the August horror. There aren’t enough doctors, ventilators and at least five children bundled up in a single warmer.

‘Eating with Dalits’ is only a photo-op and election strategy for the BJP

Kumar Anshuman - May 3, 2018

Party leaders have caused much embarrassment during the Dalit outreach programme ordered by the PM, and now its own Dalit leaders are hitting out.

Don’t think I was targeted for being a Muslim but ask Yogi, says ‘hero doctor’ Kafeel Khan

Sanya Dhingra - April 30, 2018

Khan, one of nine accused in the Gorakhpur hospital tragedy was released on bail last week.

Kafeel Khan, the doctor jailed for the Gorakhpur child deaths tragedy, gets bail

Sanya Dhingra - April 25, 2018

Khan, who recently wrote an open letter, claims that he had been made a scapegoat for what was essentially an administrative failure.

Unnao case: Can anyone rape a mother of 3 kids — BJP leader’s bid to defend MLA Sengar

Ananya Bhardwaj - April 12, 2018

Bairia legislator Surendra Singh alleges that the survivor was trying to implicate Kuldeep Singh Sengar in a false case even as the demand for...

Last Laughs: Unnao, Kathua and the death of justice

Nandita Singh - April 12, 2018

The best Indian cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Unnao survivor’s father could have been thrashed in custody: SIT finds

Ananya Bhardwaj - April 11, 2018

The SIT findings say police botched up case to save BJP MLA’s brother, SIT to question legislator Kuldeep Singh Sengar in a day or two.

Why does BJP say ‘Beti Bachao’ and then do ‘Balatkari Bachao’ – over and over again?

Kavita Krishnan - April 11, 2018

Remember, this is UP, where CM Adityanath says criminals will be shot dead in fake encounters without a trial — but he decides that he and other BJP leaders can be declared innocent without a trial.

Unnao survivor tells her story: After raping, he wiped my tears & said he’d get me a job

Ananya Bhardwaj - April 11, 2018

As the investigation gets underway, the teen said her father’s death had robbed her of hope, while police questioned ‘inconsistencies’ in her account.

Don’t cremate body of Unnao gangrape victim’s father, if not done already: HC

PTI - April 11, 2018

A bench of Chief Justice D B Bhosale and Justice Suneet Kumar passed the order taking cognisance of the gangrape case on a letter to the court by senior lawyer Gopal Swaroop Chaturvedi.

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