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 said in case of encroachment on grazing land for cattle, immediate steps be taken for its removal and strict action be taken against the accused, according to an official release issued here Tuesday.
In an apparent reference to the issue, Adityanath said: "Some people here were speaking about Ram Janmabhoomi. Friends, whosoever does this job or whenever this job is done, this job will be done by us, no one else will be able to do so".
"Jats are descendants of Lord Hanuman. Hanumanji was a Jat," Uttar Pradesh Religious Affairs Minister Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary said.
However, the move has not gone down well with some of the allies of the BJP. Apna Dal leader and Union minister Anupriya Patel has said that her party will not support any such move until the data of caste census comes out in public domain.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday claimed his government has ended discrimination in the name of caste and religion that was "common" during the previous dispensations.
In an interesting twist to the debate over Lord Hanuman after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath termed the god a Dailt, his party colleague and MLC Bukkal Nawab on Thursday said the deity was "actually a Muslim".
UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath alleged that the Bulandshahr incident in which a police officer Subodh Kumar Singh was killed by a frenzied mob, was part of "a political conspiracy".
Praising the Bulandshahr Police, Yogi Adityanath said that they succeeded in foiling the nefarious design by taking timely action.
He said the state government will maintain rule of law at all cost.
Police Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh and civilian Sumit Kumar, 20, were killed of bullet shots during the mob violence on December 3.
On December 3, Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh and a local youth, Sumit, were killed in violence over an alleged cow slaughter incident in the city.
Sources in the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said that CM Yogi invited PM Modi for the 'Ardh-Kumbh' to be held in Allahabad beginning next month.
The Shiv Sena said while Adityanath sought to rename Hyderabad, he had "failed to address the basic issues in his state".
The video, in which Raj chants 'Jai Shree Ram' and introduces himself as the Bulandshahr district convenor of the Bajrang Dal, has been played by several local news channels.
A thorough investigation into the incident was ordered by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday.
Police inspector Subodh Kumar Singh who had probed the Akhlaq lynching and a 20-year-old man Sumit died of gunshot wounds when a mob went on rampage over alleged cow slaughter on Monday.
Earlier on Sunday, speaking at an election rally of the BJP at Tandur, the Uttar Pradesh chief minister had said if his party comes to power in the state, Owaisi will flee the way Nizam had to flee Hyderabad.
Addressing a poll rally in Telangana's Sangareddy, CM Adityanath said; "if anyone is creating obstruction in the way of construction of a grand temple in the birthplace of Lord Ram, it's Congress".
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing an election rally in Hyderabad on Monday.
Asking the electorate to vote in the name of Bajrangbali, Yogi Adityanath said that Lord Hanuman was a tribal man and belonged to the deprived class.
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