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.
Read MoreIndia TV-Ground Zero Research conducted an opinion poll survey to gauge the mood of people in Uttar Pradesh. Will BJP be able to retain the big state or Samajwadi Party would be back in power once again, catch all the updates.
Addressing a poll campaign in Jewar in Gautam Buddh Nagar, the Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister hit out at opposition parties for being “casteist”.
The action against Rai comes close on the heels of a sedition case registered against Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) candidate from Bijnor Neeraj Chaudhary over alleged pro-Pakistan slogans during campaigning for the assembly polls.
Earlier, Samajwadi President Akhilesh Yadav had said that if his party comes to power, people will get 300 units of domestic electricity free of cost and thier irrigation bills will be waived off.
Addressing a conference on voter awareness in Gorakhpur, Adityanath said, "Gorakhpur will no longer be identified with the mafias.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and several BJP leaders accompanied CM Yogi Adityanath in a huge show of strength as he filed nomination from the Gorakhpur Sadar seat.
The electoral campaign has gained momentum for the seven-phased Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. From door-to-door canvassing, virtual appeals and marathon meetings, political parties are making their bid to capture power. Besides UP, polling will also be held in Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur.
The team of India TV's election special show 'Yeh Public Hai Sab Jaanti Hai' reached Rampur and tried to gauge the mood of voters in Rampur, Samajwadi Party Azam Khan's stronghold region.
In a video shared by news agency ANI, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Akhilesh Yadav, who were on their respective campaign in Uttar Pradesh, are seen greeting each other, smiling, waving as they came face to face in Bulandshahr.
Akhilesh Yadav exuded confidence that the SP-RLD alliance will come to power in Uttar Pradesh after March 10.
In a letter to the poll body, Akhilesh's party has asked it to issue instructions to CM Adityanath to use the language which is in accordance of the Model Code of Conduct.
UP police busts an illegal arms factory in Shamli. Many finished, semi-finished weapons were seized.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday launched a scathing attack at the Samajwadi Party (SP) ahead of the forthcoming elections saying mafias in Uttar Pradesh can only be found in jails or in the candidate list of the SP.
Yogi also spoke on UP's vaccination record on vaccinating all eligible population with the first dose of Covid 19. He said that 135 crore people got free vaccination, free COVID care, free tests under PM Narendra Modi's leadership.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath hailed the Union Budget 2022-23 saying Important announcements such as MSP, measures to double farmers income, 60 lakh jobs for youth, measures for women empowerment such as Mission Shakti will boost our economy.
Ahead of the high-stakes Uttar Pradesh assembly elections 2022, India TV-Ground Zero Research Team conducted an opinion poll to gauge the mood of voters and to determine which political party is having an edge over the other. Catch all the updates here.
UP CM Yogi Adityanath attacked Samajwadi Party over law and order and Muzaffarnagar riots and said that he can turns 'hot' Kairana and Muzaffarnagar into Shimla even in May and June.
Elections for the 403 Assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh will be held in seven phases starting February 10.
CM Yogi asked Akhilesh “to come clean on a photo of his 2015 Europe tour with ‘itr waale mitr’ (perfume maker friend)”, from whom investigative agencies recovered a huge amount of cash.
Earlier, during the same conclave, Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya alleged that BJP tries to Ayodhya's Ram Mandir is only for people of a 'particular' group.
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