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.

The shifting stance of RSS on India’s past means the debate on Taj Mahal isn’t over yet

Hilal Ahmed - October 18, 2017

It was in the book by the self-declared Hindu scholar P. N. Oak that the Taj Mahal controversy was first introduced in the 1960s.

From Lord Curzon to BJP’s Sangeet Som, Taj Mahal has many political narratives

Hilal Ahmed - October 17, 2017

Taj Mahal has always functioned as a political text, capable of producing a number of different and even conflicting meanings.

Rahul Gandhi’s US tour can’t change fact that Congress has no clarity on its strategy

Milan Vaishnav - September 22, 2017

There is no grand re-organisation or an ideological rethink in the Congress Party that a stunning electoral debacle like 2014 should have prompted.

Yogi government likely to train ‘quacks’ to check encephalitis deaths

Anubhuti Vishnoi - August 30, 2017

Steps are also being taken to ensure adequate human resources and improved diagnostic facilities are available at primary health centres.

Gorakhpur: Lapse in encephalitis vaccine programme could be the missing link

Sabah Gurmat - August 21, 2017

ICMR study points to low immunisation rate due to factors such as superstitions and lack of awareness among health officials.

Beyond oxygen supply

TN Ninan - August 18, 2017

Scandals can be useful opportunities for systemic correctives. The Gorakhpur children’s deaths has been a scandal wasted. T.N. Ninan

Ascetic and warrior: The book on Yogi Adityanath is an exercise in veneration

Talha Ashraf - August 17, 2017

The author offers a painstaking defence of Adityanath's role in controversial 'Love Jihad' and Hindu Yuva Vahini campaigns, and portrays him as larger-than-life figure. Talha Ashraf

Gorakhpur deaths: Mum’s the word in Yogi govt to counter negative publicity

Kumar Anshuman - August 16, 2017

The CM is said to have directed MLAs, party leaders to avoid talking about tragedy to avoid further trouble Kumar Anshuman in Gorakhpur

Gorakhpur: CM’s mutt aides may have missed signs of looming crisis

Rajgopal Singh - August 16, 2017

The UP government’s handling of the situation would give the Opposition the pound of meat to attack both Adityanath and Modi, and raise serious questions about their claim of good governance Rajgopal Singh

Despite order, doctors of Gorakhpur’s BRD Medical College have thriving private practice.

Kumar Anshuman - August 15, 2017

The government says it's cracking down on doctors violating its rule on private practice, due to which many doctors might run into trouble. Anshuman Kumar

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