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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Soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a trust for Ram temple construction, the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has approved a proposal to allot five acres of land to the Sunni Waqf Board in Ayodhya for construction of a mosque as directed by the Supreme court.
The Uttar Pradesh government has, so far, cleared subsidy worth over Rs 112.4 million for 16 Hindi and six Bhojpuri films.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday accused Arvind Kejriwal of having a "partnership" with Pakistan and appealed to the people in Delhi to not vote for the AAP chief as it will make Pakistan happy.
While addressing an election rally in Delhi's Badarpur, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday attacked the anti-CAA protestors in Shaheen Bagh area.
The Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday demanded the Election Commission to ban Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath from campaigning in the national capital over his alleged provocative speeches.
Lashing out at the people protesting against the new citizenship law, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday alleged that those who supported terrorists in Kashmir were staging a protest in Shaheen Bagh and raising slogans of 'azadi'.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also performed ‘puja' on the banks of Sangam and later participated in a photo session at the ‘selfie point'. A video of the chief minister taking a holy dip was posted on Twitter.
When UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath embarks on his ambitious Ganga Yatra from Monday, eight union ministers including home minister Amit Shah, and 56 ministers from Uttar Pradesh, will be a part of the event.
The drive initiated by Uttar Pradesh's Yogi Adityanath government to identify non-Muslim immigrants in the state seems to have run into rough weather. In Pilibhit, where the maximum number of about 35,000 illegal immigrants has been identified, it has now been found that information is being sought by the state government on an unverified document.
Ajay Devgn, Kajol and Saif Ali Khan starrer Tanhaji: The Unsung Watrrior has been ruling the box office even though it clashed with Deepika Padukone’s Chhapaak.
In a big cabinet decision, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh announced that Lucknow will be divided into two zones - Lucknow City and Lucknow Rural for better policing. The number of women officers will also be increased in Noida, Greater Noida and capital city Lucknow.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday reviewed preparations for the 'Ganga Yatra', which will begin on January 27 and conclude on January 31.
The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is setting up two makeshift schools at the Magh Mela campus here for children of daily wage labourers who work at the fair.
All stations will be elevated and the project is estimated to cost around Rs 4,589 crore, they said. The first corridor will be 15.14-km long from Shyam Nagar to MMM Engineering College.
“In Lucknow, around 150 notices were issued. The accused will be given a week to present their side, but if the committee is not satisfied, proceedings will begin to extract compensation. If they are not in a position to pay, their properties will be attached and auctioned,” said a senior official in the government.
In a big reshuffle, the Yogi government has transferred several IAS officers on the first day of the new year 2020. A total of 22 IAS officers and 28 Senior PCS have been transferred and some of them have been given new responsibilities.
Lucknow University will soon establish a centre of excellence to study crime against women in order to curb such incidents. Meanwhile, at the same time, a women helpline service has been started by UP roadways to assist them in hours of distress.
In a Hindi tweet, hours after the statement made by Priyanka Gandhi, the CM's Office' through its Twitter handle @myogioffice said, "Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has worn saffron for public service."
The Chief Minister directed officials to ensure medical facility for the homeless in the shelter homes and also to provide hot water to them. He also asked officials to ensure that the homeless were given food.
The DGP said that the SIT, in each district, will be headed by an officer of an Additional SP rank. The SIT will be headed by Additional SP (Crime) or Additional SP (City) of the district. More than 1,100 people have been arrested and 5,558 kept in preventive detention following violence related to anti-CAA protests in the past one week.
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