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.
Thought provoking. I’m a Hindu and a Ram bhakt. Just read Ayodhya the dark night. This tussle between liberals and conservatives has historic and pre historic linkages. Possibly it happened in the indus sAraswati civilization period between them and Indo European speakers. Evidence suggest that the former were not martial, but more we will learn a s more is unearthed. Second in the historical period this must have happened between the Brahmin clergy and Buddhists – the latter ruled that soul of India for 800 years and eventually Buddhist institutions decayed (possibly because of centuries of royal patronage cut them off from lay people – ironic!) and in 8/9 century Adi Shankarcharya led to the resurgence of conservative Brahmanism. I think some of the modern Hindu angst is that that victory was short lived because of Muslim invasions and decimation of esp the North Indian aristocracy and priestly classes. Hence our kshatriya’s had to abandon our North Indian fertile gangetic to rule in the deserts of Rajasthan, forests of central india and the Himalayas. Can’t blame them. Finally in the modern era we have the infighting between liberals/seculars led by Nehru and the conservatives led by Patel. I don’t think it matters who will win this round! Urge people to learn more because the more you learn the less u know! Credit to UB40.
The author thinks of herself as an expert in several fields but writes an article that is full of inaccuracies and intends to show Hindus who believe in their faith and their religion as in poor light.
A biased article presenting a myopic view of new India and the Hindu. All religions have their fair share of magic…8ft tall people to Jonah who was swallowing by a fish and vomited alive after 3 days. It’s narrow minded thinking which selectively singles out others religions for ridicule. Ram mandir in Ayodhya has been built after one of the most intense and thorough legal scrutiny by the supreme court of India. Instead of hi-lighting how the temple has galvanised India and people of Indian origin across the globe, it chooses to trivialise the landmark moment.
Vandana should change her Hindu name to either Valentina or Vaheeda before defaming Hindus. Her sanatani name itself is a balm to hide her true anti-hindu identity.
Useless article by a self pitying author.must have been paid by number of words.Not worth wasting time on it.
The self-pitying author has a litany of woes—nobody is interested in her articles