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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. 

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Shikha Salaria -
At three rallies in Saharanpur, Amroha & Shamli, CM declared mafia, criminals were now a thing of past in Uttar Pradesh. He asserted festivity marked the state, not lawlessness.

Hindus dominate UP’s ‘Wanted’ list. Yogi govt isn’t targeting Muslims by acting against mafias

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Opposition parties must support Yogi Adityanath’s efforts in cleaning UP of criminals and mafias. It is not only in their own interest but also of business and national security.

‘No mafia can scare anyone in UP,’ Yogi lauds law & order after custodial murder of Atiq Ahmed

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The chief minister said not a single riot had taken place in the state between 2017 and 2023, telling investors this was the most conducive time to do business in the state.

From Ahmedabad to Prayagraj—how baahubalis come in handy to Modi, Yogi in BJP’s expansion

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Opposition politicians and the Left and liberal intelligentsia have raised concerns about the killing of Atiq Ahmed, but it's unlikely that Yogi will be losing sleep over it.

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Atiq Ahmed was shipped out of UP. But this is how he ran his empire from Gujarat jail

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Yogi kept sending Atiq Ahmed and Mukhtar Ansari—2 of UP’s most dreaded bahubalis—to jail in different states. But he couldn’t stop their mafia raj.

Yogi govt cancels 2012 allotment of 72 industrial plots to minister Rakesh Sachan, orders probe

Shikha Salaria -
Initial report found procedural lapses in allotment done on May 11, 2012. These 72 plots are now open for allotment to the public, says joint commissioner industries.
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