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.

Last Laughs: Painting it orange in Yogi’s UP and the Chennai IPL shoe-stopper

Neera Majumdar - April 11, 2018

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In letter to CM Yogi, grandmother of alleged Unnao rape victim had feared for son’s life

Ananya Bhardwaj - April 10, 2018

The victim’s father died Monday at a hospital, allegedly of injuries sustained in an assault by MLA Kuldip Singh Senger’s brother Atul and their aides on 3 April in Unnao.

Last Laughs: Justice in Yogi’s ‘Encounter Pradesh’ and Rahul Gandhi’s T20 fast

Neera Majumdar - April 10, 2018

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Yogi’s ‘casteism’ will make Dalits desert party: BJP MP Chhote Lal Kharwar

Pragya Kaushika - April 5, 2018

After writing a letter to PM Modi complaining about the UP CM and BJP general secretary Sunil Bansal, Kharwar says Dalit leaders and the public are angry with the party.

Last Laughs: Nehru to blame for leaks, and Yogi Adityanath’s Ambedkar

Neera Majumdar - March 30, 2018

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Not just Congress, even some BJP leaders secretly ‘rejoiced’ over Yogi defeat in Gorakhpur

Pragya Kaushika - March 24, 2018

Some BJP MPs believe the defeat was the result of arrogance & overconfidence shown by a section of party leaders and are glad the UP CM's aura has been dented.

Phulpur and Gorakhpur defeats worry UP BJP, efforts on to bring Dalits back for 2019

Kumar Anshuman - March 21, 2018

Yogi govt asks bureaucrats to take stock of whether benefits of central and state schemes have reached Dalits, will plan further outreach.

Last Laughs: All apologies from Kejriwal and Yogi’s incomplete anniversary celebrations

Rajgopal Singh - March 20, 2018

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Sanjay Nishad: The OBC leader who engineered Samajwadi Party’s win in Yogi bastion

Kumar Anshuman - March 17, 2018

The president of the two-year-old party worked hard to mobilise his community in Gorakhpur and the rest of eastern UP.

UP experiment may not defeat BJP in 2019, but complacency may do it

Seshadri Chari - March 16, 2018

The results come as a warning for the BJP, but to its credit, the party is quick to learn from its mistakes, and has...

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