Bharatiya Janata Party leader Yogi Adityanath is the current Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Adityanath, also the Mahant (chief priest) of the Gorakhnath Math, Gorakhpur, has been sitting at the helm of state affairs since 2017 when the saffron party stormed to power with a brute majority, dethroning then ruling Samajwadi Party. In this election, the BJP has fielded him from the Gorakhpur Sadar seat. He is running for MLA for the first time. Adityanath was sworn in as the Chief Minister of the country's most populous state on March 19 in 2017. He was then a member of Lok Sabha, representing the Gorakhpur constituency. He won from Gorakhpur constituency in every Lok Sabha election held since 1998 before being given the responsibility to lead a state where politics mostly revolved around caste and religion for decades. Under Adityanath's rule, Uttar Pradesh saw a massive infrastructure development push, a boost in economic activities and improvement in the law-and-order situation. Known for his outspoken attitude, Adityanath has been a prominent campaigner for the BJP in elections. The BJP is banking on the development works undertaken by the Adityanath government and the leader's charisma in the run-up to the high-stakes assembly polls in 2022. Adityanath in his rallies has been pitching for another term to the saffron party, highlighting that the BJP government has worked towards making UP bhrashtachar mukt, bhaya mukt, danga mukt, gaddha mukt aur andhkaar mukt (free of corruption, fear, riots, potholes and darkness) in the last five years.
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Several rounds of meetings have taken place within the party after poll results on March 10. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has made at least two visits to the national capital after the election results to meet top leaders of the party.
The BJP retained power for the second consecutive term in Uttar Pradesh, winning 255 seats in the 403-member Legislative Assembly.
Yogi Adityanath will lead the 'Holika dahan' procession in Gorakhpur on Thursday evening and then take part in the Bhagwan Narsingh Holikotsav shobha yatra.
The BJP stormed to power in Uttar Pradesh for a second consecutive term under the leadership of Yogi Adityanath. The party alone won 255 seats, placing it in a comfortable position to form the next government in the 403-member Legislative Assembly.
Sources said that BJP chief JP Nadda, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and party national General Secretary, Organisation, BL Santhosh were present in the meeting, chaired by Modi.
Police and officials of the Meerut Development Authority reached Jagannathpuri in TV Nagar area of Meerut with a bulldozer and cleared out the park which had been illegally occupied by Baddo and his men.
An official stated that the accused, identified as Aamir Khan was arrested by the staff of Jewar police station. Khan is a resident of Dyanatpur village in Gautam Budh Nagar.
In the latest round of assembly elections, the BJP won Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Manipur, and on its own it touched the halfway mark in Goa. Punjab was won by the AAP.
The frontrunners for ministerial berths in the new Adityanath government are Aparna Yadav, Pankaj Singh, Shalabh Mani Tripathi, Aseem Arun, Rajeshwar Singh and Dayashankar Singh.
Adityanath had also met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, party chief J P Nadda and other senior leaders on Sunday.
Yogi Adityanath is believed to have discussed the broad contours of government formation and the structure of the new state cabinet.
Adityanath called on Modi during his maiden visit to Delhi after the BJP's second successive victory in the UP Assembly elections and spent over 100 minutes with him.
Yogi Adityanath will be the first Chief Minister in the last 37 years to return to power after completing a full term in the state.
After a massive win for the saffron party in Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, Yogi Adityanath will also meet party workers involved in the management of elections to thank them and boost their morale.
In a video, the teacher is seen campaigning and making objectionable remarks against Prime Minister Modi and Adityanath in a public meeting of a political party before the assembly elections.
The 'none of the above' (or NOTA) option on electronic voting machine (EVM) was introduced in India in 2013.
Among the ministers who lost is outgoing deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya who lost to the Samajwadi Party's Pallavi Patel by 7,337 votes in the Sirathu seat.
The BJP's win in Uttar Pradesh is a record as no party has won consecutive elections in the country's most populous state in nearly four decades.
Adityanath greeted PM Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP president J P Nadda and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh for ensuring the return of the BJP for a second consecutive term in Uttar Pradesh.
Yogi's victory is not just limited to Uttar Pradesh, but the BJP's face on a national level as well. Here are five reasons why.
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