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.
Read More
"Those trying to spread anarchy will not be spared. The BHU issue is sensitive and the proctorial board should have performed its duties in redressing grievances of girls," the chief minister said.
The protests have been going on for six days now, which also took a violent turn on Saturday night, when police resorted to lathicharge to disperse the crowd.
Yogi Adityanath government today ordered a judicial inquiry into the violence on the campus of the BHU on Saturday.
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said PM Modi and Amit Shah spoke to UP CM Yogi Adityanath over the violence in BHU on Saturday.
A number of students, including women, and two journalists were injured in the lathicharge by the police at BHU on Saturday.
The Adityanath government, Akhilesh Yadav he said was anti-development and added that all developmental projects initiated in the SP rule had come to a grinding halt.
UP CM Yogi Adityanath and his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya today resigned as Lok Sabha members.
The decision to add the capital punishment provision was taken at a meeting of the state Cabinet chaired by the Chief Minister on Tuesday. According to news agency PTI, the government may soon issue an ordinance in this regard.
On September 8, the UP Legislative Council nominated the candidates for the Assembly. They were elected unopposed to the Legislative Council
Adityanath had taken over as the chief minister on March 19. He had to become a legislator within the stipulated six months of assuming office.
The inaugural run of the service has also become a bone of contention for the two opposed camps supporting their respective leaders
Adityanath and deputy chief ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma filed their nomination papers today
Lucknow on Tuesday joined the list of cities that offer Metro train services after Union Minister Rajnath Singh and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath flagged off the maiden run of the Lucknow Metro
Death toll in Uttar Pradesh's floods today rose to 104
At a late Wednesday night meeting presided over by Adityanath, it was decided that cow sheds will also be established in seven districts of the Bundelkhand region.
As many as 296 children died this month at the state-run Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College Hospital in Gorakhpur, which has recorded 1,256 deaths since January.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and two Deputy Chief Ministers – Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma – will contest the forthcoming bypolls to the state legislative council, the BJP announced on Wednesday
Polling will be held on September 15 between 9 am and 4 pm. Counting of votes will be done on the same day starting at 5 pm.
Rahul Gandhi is visiting BRD hospital in Gorakhpur today. More than 70 infants have died in this state-run hospital since August 7 allegedly due to disruption of oxygen supply – a claim the state government has dismissed.
Akhilesh said matters coming to the fore on the issue smack of corruption, somewhere causing a breakdown in the supply of oxygen in the ward
Top News
Trending News
Latest News
