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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Adityanath has rubbished charges that the government is hiding coronavirus death figures, saying "everything is available on the portal" and data is updated daily.
From June 1, people in the age group of 18 to 44 will be vaccinated in all districts. The chief minister said that 10.50 lakh people in the age group of 18 to 44 have been vaccinated in the state.
Meanwhile, the NSA has been invoked against a man who was arrested last month for alleged black marketing of Remdesivir injections, police said on Saturday. The accused, Sachin Kumar of Haryana, was arrested along with two medical representatives, Kanpur Police Commissioner Asim Arun said.
In view of the prevailing pandemic situation in the country, Uttar Pradesh has further extended Corona curfew in the state till May 31, 7 am. The lockdown was supposed to end on May 24 but has now been extended for another week.
Uttar Pradesh has become the first state in the country to conducted as many as 3.7 Covid tests in a single day.
Cases of black fungus have been reported in various parts of the country including Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana and Bihar.
A 100-bed COVID-19 care facility started in a community health centre in Gautam Buddh Nagar's rural Jewar area on Thursday with support from local authorities and foreign aid, BJP leader and local MLA Dhirendra Singh said.
In a letter to Adityanath, Priyanka Gandhi said the second wave of the pandemic has severely affected the masses and people have had to bear "unbearable pain" due to the alleged lack of preparation on the part of the administration.
The Uttar Pradesh government will provide free ration to the people of the state for the next three months. This will benefit almost 15 crore people of the state.
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath has said that about 1.3 lakh such centres across the state will assist people in registering on the app and eventually, provide the facility of vaccination.
In view of the current Covid situation in the country, the Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday extended the lockdown for one more week till May 24. The government has also announed Rs 1,000 as financial assistance for registered roadside vendors.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday visited Aligarh Muslim University to take stock of Covid-19 situation.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Gorakhpur on Monday said vaccination is the biggest weapon in the fight against coronavirus and the state government is providing free vaccine without discrimination.
The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday organised a Covid-19 vaccination camp for media officials in Noida that houses the editorial headquarters of multiple media organisation
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said despite being the most populous state of the country, it has fought corona effectively.
Uttar Pradesh Tuesday breached the 350-mark for daily COVID-19 deaths as 352 patients succumbed to the viral disease, but one-day recoveries outstripped new cases by over 12,500, according to official figures. The state reported 25,858 new cases and 38,683 recoveries, the data showed.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday announced that buses of the Uttar Pradesh State Roadways Transport Corporation will ply only within the state for the next 15 days, while a negative COVID-19 test report has been made mandatory for those travelling to UP by air.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced two insurance schemes for laborers of UP.
"We have set up an integrated command and control centre. They have access to real-time availability of resources. We have decentralised it so that it is better managed at local level. We are studying models of other states on the dashboard," Sehgal said.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has recovered from Covid-19. The Chief Minister tweeted that he has tested negative for the virus.
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