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.

Yogi Adityanath allocates portfolios to new ministers, keeps Home and 33 other departments

PTI - 28 March, 2022

Deputy CM Keshav Maurya has been allocated 6 departments, while PWD has been given to Jitin Prasada. State BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh got Jal Shakti & Flood Control.

Shark-remora bond defines BJP’s ties with allies. Bihar’s ‘Son of Mallah’ learns the hard way

+TFP D.K. Singh - 28 March, 2022

From NPP in Manipur to BPF in Assam and now VIP in Bihar, BJP has maintained a track record of losing allies. And it is not bothered.

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ThePrint Team - 26 March, 2022

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Modi aide AK Sharma, ex-IAS who pulled off Covid turnaround in Varanasi, gets spot in Yogi 2.0

Moushumi Das Gupta - 25 March, 2022

Sharma was sworn in at a gala event at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow, where Yogi Adityanath took oath as Uttar Pradesh CM.

Ex-civil servants, caste balance show Modi-Shah imprint on new Yogi govt, 1 Muslim minister too

Shanker Arnimesh - 25 March, 2022

A total of 52 leaders were also sworn in as ministers, including two deputy chief ministers, 16 cabinet ministers and 34 ministers of state.

Yogi Adityanath takes oath as chief minister of UP for record second term

ThePrint Team - 25 March, 2022

Yogi will have two deputies, Keshav Maurya and Brajesh Pathak; the new cabinet will have five women and one Muslim minister.

Mamata must ensure fair probe and justice in Birbhum killings instead of doing whataboutery

ThePrint Team - 23 March, 2022

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Seers, BJP workers, welfare beneficiaries on long guest list for Yogi’s ‘grand’ oath ceremony

Shikha Salaria - 23 March, 2022

Yogi Adityanath will be sworn in as UP CM for the 2nd time at Lucknow’s 75,000-capacity Ekana Stadium Friday. With eye on 2024, BJP plans to make it a spectacle.

Modi is ‘father figure’, Yogi ‘no flash in pan’: What pro-Hindutva press made of BJP’s big UP win

Unnati Sharma - 23 March, 2022

ThePrint’s round-up of how pro-Hindutva media covered and commented on news and topical issues over the past few days.

‘Bhagirath-like effort needed’ as Yogi 2.0 revives trillion-dollar economy dream for UP

Shikha Salaria - 16 March, 2022

To hit this target, UP’s growth would need to increase four-fold in the next 5 years, considering the govt's advance estimates of GSDP for 2021-22 stand at $254 billion.

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