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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Yogi also spoke to Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) supremo and former UP CM, Mayawati and thanked her for her support to the government in fight against coronavirus in the state.
The Uttar Pradesh government will create a corona care fund of Rs 1000 crore which will help in setting up testing facilities and procuring ventilators, masks and sanitisers, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Friday.
The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Gautam Budh Nagar Anurag Bhargava has been removed from the crucial post and will be replaced by A.P. Chaturvedi.
The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday said salaries of its employees will neither be deferred nor cut amid the coronavirus lockdown and its impact on revenues.
CM Yogi Adityanath wakes up at 4 am and after meditation, yoga, bath and puja, he is ready at 6.30 am when he reads the newspapers and talks to people from various parts of the state to get a feedback of the coronavirus ground situation
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has removed Noida District Magistrate BN Singh amid a spurt in the Coronavirus cases. Suhas LY has been named as his replacement.
UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has set up a committee to prepare a roadmap for revival of the economy in the state. The committee will study the impact of the three-week long lockdown, heavy rain and hail storms that lashed several parts of the state earlier this month and based on its findings, it will prepare a revival plan for industries.
The Ram Lalla idol here was shifted to a temporary new location on early Wednesday morning in the presence of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, clearing the site to allow construction of a Ram temple.
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday addressed a press conference amid coronavirus outbreak in the country and measure being taken by the state government to tackle the situaiton. Adityanath announced that Rs 1000 each will be given to 15 lakh daily wage labourers and 20.37 lakh.
Chairing a high-level meeting at his official residence on Friday evening, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath asked officials to lodge a FIR against Bollywood singer Kanika Kapoor.
So far in India, 147 people have been found infected. Three have died so far, one of them being from the national capital. The Delhi Government was among the first in the country to announce a total shutdown of educational institutions, gyms, theatres and other places of congregations.
Come March 19, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will set a record of being the first chief minister from the BJP to complete three straight years in office in the state.
Five laboratories have been set up for testing of Covid-19 in Uttar Pradesh with the help of the Central government, two in Lucknow and one each in Aligarh, Varanasi, and Gorakhpur, state Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Saturday.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday asked people to not be afraid of the new coronavirus as the government has made adequate arrangements to contain its spread and urged them to take precautions "because prevention is better than cure".
In a rare move, the Allahabad High Court today will hear a case relating to the hoarding put up by the Uttar Pradesh government to name and shame those who indulged in the anti-CAA violence in the state.
It was an unusual sight to see a woman constable carrying her infant son in her arms as she stood on duty for Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's visit on Monday.
The Uttar Pradesh government, on Sunday, transferred 12 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers. Among the transferred IPS officers is Vishwajit Mahapatra who has been made the Director General (DG), Special Investigation, while Sunil Kumar Gupta has been made ADG Telecom.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday laid the foundation stone of the 296-km-long Bundelkhand Expressway to be built at a cost of Rs 15,000 crore and said it will prove to be the development expressway of the region.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will visit Noida on March 1 (Sunday) to review law and order situation after a commissioner system was imposed in the city. The chief minister is likely to inaugurate the commissioner's office during his visit.
After Lord Hanuman hogged the limelight in the Delhi elections, the Samajwadi Party is trying hard to prove that Lord Ram was the biggest socialist of his time.
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