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Yogi Adityanath

Yogi Adityanath

DOB: 5 June 1972

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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CM Yogi Adityanath on UP Investors Summit 2018 : 'Uttar Pradesh was never in priority of any political party'

India | Feb 20, 2018, 02:28 PM IST

The Government of Uttar Pradesh is organising Uttar Pradesh Investors Summit on 21st - 22nd February 2018 in Lucknow city.

Gorakhpur bypoll: Samajwadi Party backs Praveen Kumar Nishad

Gorakhpur bypoll: Samajwadi Party backs Praveen Kumar Nishad

Elections | Feb 18, 2018, 04:17 PM IST

Bastions of the ruling BJP, both seats were vacated after UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath and his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya resigned to take posts in the state legislative assembly.

File pic of UP CM Yogi Adityanath

Yogi Adityanath govt to present UP's annual budget in state Assembly tomorrow

India | Feb 15, 2018, 07:49 PM IST

The budget will be in the interest of all sections of society...MSME, roads and power, all will be taken care of, Finance Minister Rajesh Agarwal said.

UP CM Yogi Adityanath

Police encounters won't stop: UP CM Yogi Adityanath

India | Feb 15, 2018, 04:30 PM IST

Speaking in the House during the Zero Hour, CM Adityanath pointed toward the opposition and said everybody knew who gave patronage to criminals.

BJP govt misleading people with ads for Investors Summit: SP

BJP govt misleading people with ads for Investors Summit: SP

Politics | Feb 10, 2018, 10:40 PM IST

SP secretary Rajendra Chaudhary said the state government was creating an atmosphere that there has been a complete turnaround in Uttar Pradesh's investment scenario after the BJP came into power.

File picture of Yogi Adityanath

UP CM Adityanath stresses on need to make exams simpler as 10 lakh examinees skip state board tests

India | Feb 12, 2018, 03:30 PM IST

"When we said let's conduct a cheating-free exam (then) 10 lakhs students dropped out. This is the figure until now. I don't know what will happen in future," Adityanath said.

UP CM Yogi Adityanath addresses the media at Central Hall

Those who believe in gun, deserve to be answered in language of gun, says Yogi Adityanath

India | Feb 09, 2018, 07:10 AM IST

Earlier speaking to reporters in Lucknow, Adityanath had said, "The opposition leaders' ... rude, unparliamentary, indecorous and indecent behaviour... is despicable."

UP CM Yogi Adityanath

BJP govt achieved goals not attained by previous govts: Yogi Adityanath

Politics | Feb 03, 2018, 06:41 PM IST

Addressing a public gathering, Yogi Adityanath attacked the Congress, the SP and the BSP for allegedly exploiting and dividing voters through caste politics and appeasement to suit their needs.

Yogi Adityanath

Allahabad HC upholds quashing of order against Adityanath in 2007 case

India | Feb 01, 2018, 07:11 PM IST

Justice B K Narayana dismissed the petition filed by Rasheed Khan, at whose instance an FIR was registered against Adityanath and others at police station Kotwali Gorakhpur, against the Sessions Court verdict.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath

Kasganj violence: UP CM breaks silence, says 'will not tolerate anarchy or corruption'

India | Jan 30, 2018, 11:22 PM IST

“Our government is committed to provide security to each and every citizen. Anarchy has no place in the state,” Chief Minister Adityanath said, his first comments on the clashes.

UP: Youth killed in clash between two groups during Tiraga

UP: Youth killed in communal clash during Tiranga yatra in Kasganj, curfew clamped

India | Jan 26, 2018, 08:01 PM IST

According to police, some unidentified people hurled stones at a motorcycle rally taken out by volunteers of VHP and ABVP on the Mathura-Bareilly highway.

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My govt doesn't believe in appeasement: UP CM Yogi Adityanath at VHP's Dharma Sansad in Allahabad

India | Jan 19, 2018, 07:25 PM IST

Adityanath has long been advocating to free the state from the “politics of caste and appeasement” which he claimed had been rampant during the last 15 years.

Yogi Adityanath

Yogi Adityanath rules out closure of madrassas, says it’s time to think about their modernisation

India | Jan 18, 2018, 03:55 PM IST

Stressing the need for quality education, the UP CM expressed disappointment over the fact that the country was not able to utilise energy of those “misguided” in ‘rashtra nirman’ (nation building).

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu along with his wife Sara at the 17th century Mughal monume

Benjamin Netanyahu’s India visit: Israeli PM visits iconic Taj Mahal, to inaugurate Raisina Dialogue later

India | Jan 16, 2018, 04:42 PM IST

Netanyahu was received by UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at the Kheria Airport.

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'I am not a future teller': Yogi maintains suspense on screening of 'Padmaavat' in UP

India | Jan 15, 2018, 06:08 PM IST

In November last year, Adityanath had said that Bhansali was no less guilty than those issuing threats to actors & others involved with the film & asserted that if there is any action, "it will be against both the sides"

Padmaavat, UP CM, Yogi Adityanath

Will Padmaavat release in UP? I'm no future teller, says Yogi Adityanath

Bollywood | Jan 15, 2018, 05:13 PM IST

Lashing out at the filmmaker, Yogi Adityanath had said that Sanjay Leela Bhansali was "habitual of playing with public sentiments".

Rahul Gandhi should focus more on politics of development:

Rahul Gandhi should focus more on politics of development: Yogi Adityanath

Politics | Jan 15, 2018, 01:45 PM IST

Adityanath said that had the Congress laid more emphasis on development, Amethi would not have languished.

File pic of Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath

‘No govt funding for Gorkhapur Mahotsav’: UP CM Adityanath slams opposition for ‘maligning’ festival

Politics | Jan 13, 2018, 07:46 PM IST

Addressing the crowd in his bastion on the last of three-day celebrations, Adityanath said that opposition leaders are victim of misapprehension and that the people of Gorakhpur have organised the event at its fullest.

"Yogi has defeated many with his Twitter skills", PM Modi on UP CM's Twitter war with Siddaramaiah

India | Jan 13, 2018, 11:18 AM IST

PM Modi, in an apparent reference to the recent heated exchanges between Karnataka CM and Yogi Adityanath on the microblogging site Twitter, jeered Siddaramaiah saying "Yogi has defeated many with his skills".

PM Modi at National Youth Festival: 'We have to create the India that our freedom fighters dreamt of'

India | Jan 12, 2018, 02:47 PM IST

"Our ISRO scientists have made us proud yet again. ISRO today created a century in satellite launching. Farmers, fishermen & scientists of the nation will be helped in getting ground details with this success", the PM tweeted.

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