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

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

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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

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

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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

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Last Laughs: Yogi Adityanath’s fall, Delhi sealing drive and Rahul Gandhi’s continuing woes

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When BJP wins, it credits vikas; when it loses, it shamelessly blames caste

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Not only does the BJP play the game of caste politics, it has been playing it better than anyone else.

Last Laughs: SP and BSP have the last laugh in UP, at Yogi and Modi’s expense

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