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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. 

Amarmani Tripathi’s release ties many ends—Yogi’s prison friendship, Brahmin-Thakur vote bank

+TFP Krishan Murari -
'Brahmin lion of Purvanchal is coming back'—Tears, triumph, and toasts marked the Adityanath govt’s order to release the four-time MLA and his wife serving life sentence in the 2003 Madhumita Shukla murder case.

Poor infra & ‘retrospective fee hikes’ — issues plaguing ‘A++’ rated Gorakhpur university

Shikha Salaria -
Students from economically weak backgrounds complain about fee hike, others want better infra, while DDUGU administration either dismisses concerns or blames lack of funds.

Bulldozer justice is pushing Muslims backward. But it’s women & children who suffer the most

Heena Fatima -
The bulldozer worsened the plight of women and children who were already traumatised by the communal violence of 31 July.

1980 Moradabad riots ‘conspiracy’ by 2 Muslim leaders — inside inquiry report made public by Yogi govt

Shikha Salaria -
Moradabad riots, the first major instance of communal clashes in UP post-Partition, took place on Eid-ul-Fitr 1980. Inquiry panel’s 1983 report says RSS-BJP not involved.

What Modi’s guarantee to make India 3rd largest economy means for PM probables Yogi, Shah

+TFP D.K. Singh -
Modi’s promise to fulfil everyone’s dreams in his third term is a message to his BJP colleagues not to think too much about his age or the unwritten retirement age of 75 years.

74% of UP sees power cuts daily. Some even endure it for 4 hrs, finds LocalCircles survey

Maria Chattelier -
The poor financial condition of the UPPCL is considered to be a reason for the inadequate infrastructure and the Yogi govt’s inability to handle the electricity demand.

2024, farmers, homebuyers — Yogi’s ‘favourite officer’ has task cut out as Greater Noida CEO

Sagrika Kissu -
Former Gorakhpur district magistrate IAS Ravikumar NG takes over from Ritu Maheshwari after local BJP leaders tell CM that administration needed a leg-up.

Who killed 7 bangle workers, farmers in Firozabad CAA-NRC protest? Police say probe pointless

+TFP Jyoti Yadav -
Almost four years after the CAA-NRC protests, police still don’t know which rioter shot which man.

Gorakhpur is Yogi’s new ‘I have a dream’ city. Metro, manufacturing, and mafia-free

+TFP Sagrika Kissu -
If Saifai’s growth was the brainchild of Mulayam Singh Yadav and Greater Noida is credited to Mayawati, then Gorakhpur is Yogi Adityanath’s karmabhoomi.

This ex-DSP couldn’t bring Mukhtar Ansari down. Now he’s watching Yogi grind his empire to dust

+TFP Sagrika Kissu -
Shailendra Singh’s dogged pursuit of Mukhtar Ansari cost him everything he had worked for all his life. But the events that led to his resignation in 2004 are playing out now.
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