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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Gorakhpur became a prestige issue for Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath after the BJP faced defeat in 2018 by-polls.
"No party will get a majority in these elections. But the SP-BSP alliance will get a massive victory in Purvanchal (eastern Uttar Pradesh). Without our support the BJP will suffer losses in at least 30 seats in Purvanchal. It is losing Balia, Gorakhpur and Ghazipur seats," said Rajbhar.
Polling is underway for seventh and the last phase of Lok Sabha election 2019, on Sunday. In this phase, 59 constituencies, spread over seven states and one union territory, will go to polls.
The man is Suresh Thakur, a lookalike of Adityanath who has been recently seen in all rallies of Akhilesh Yadav.
Bharatiya Janata Party national President Amit Shah will hold a roadshow here on Thursday, a party official said.
In the battle to redeem lost pride in the Gorakhpur Lok Sabha seat, popular Bhojpuri actor and BJP candidate Ravi Kishan is playing second fiddle as Yogi Adityanath takes centre stage in the electoral fight.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday accused the Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and the Congress of looting public resources and building big bungalows for themselves using government funds.
The average poll percentage was 9.28 per cent, a state election office spokesperson said.
"We gave out a clear message to all that the place for 'gundas' is either in jail or in 'ram naam satya hai yatra' (funeral procession)," the chief minister said in a public meeting in Khorabar here.
"When we distributed the world's best laptops to students, why would we steal faucets? Students are still using our laptops which speak volumes about their quality." said Akhilesh Yadav
Addressing an election meeting at Kaila Devi in Sambhal, Adityanath said: "The BJP has got the maximum votes in the first two phases of polling on 16 seats and the Congress and the SP-BSP have been reduced to zero seats."
The Election Commission of India (ECI) had barred Yogi Adityanath from addressing rallies or taking part in the poll campaign for 72 hours for violation of Model Code of Conduct. The CM was penalised for his ‘Ali’ and ‘Bajrangbali’ statement in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh.
In its order on Adityanath, the ECI on Monday said it "strongly condemns" the impugned statement made by the UP chief minister and "censured" him for "misconduct".
Both the leaders have been banned for violating Model Code of Conduct (MCC) by making objectionable statements in their speeches.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot suggested on Sunday that his Uttar Pradesh counterpart, Yogi Adityanath, should be booked for sedition for labelling the military as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's army.
Mayawati was issued the notice over her speech in Deoband appealing to Muslims not to vote for a particular party, finding that the BSP chief had prima facie violated the model code of conduct. Adityanath was served the notice for his "Ali" and "Bajrang Bali" remarks while addressing a rally in Meerut. Adityanath had compared the Lok Sabha elections to a contest between 'Ali', a revered figure in Islam, and Bajrang Bali, the Hindu god Hanuman.
Lok Sabha polls 2019 kicked off to a troubled start on Thursday with two people being killed in clashes in Andhra Pradesh, IED blasts in Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh, reports of EVM glitches and multiple complaints from voters about their names not being on the electoral list. More than 14 crore people were listed to vote in the first phase, held in 91 Lok Sabha constituencies spread across 18 states and two union territories. The second phase of polling will be held on April 18. And a lot is still waiting to happen in the run up to it. Stay tuned to this space as we bring to you live and latest updates from the general election 2019.
While addressing the people of Aonla on Wednesday, Yogi said that India might have got political independence in 1947 but Muslim women got independence only recently -- after the abolition of triple talaq.
“Congress is supporting those who are anti-national. For us, the nation is first. Since the beginning we have been working for the country,” said Yogi Adityanath.
Nine Lok Sabha constituencies of Uttar Pradesh will go to polls on April 11. The high-voltage election campaign for nine Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh going to polls in the first phase has ended . In the first phase of polling in UP, votes will be cast in Saharanpur, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar.
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