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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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Adityanath govt transfers 67 IPS officers in UP

Adityanath govt transfers 67 IPS officers in UP

India | May 17, 2017, 07:59 PM IST

Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh today transferred 67 senior police officers.

Opposition attacks CM Yogi for 'law and order failure'

'No political patronage to criminals' says Yogi as Opposition attacks him for 'law and order failure'

Politics | May 16, 2017, 09:31 PM IST

Criminals will not enjoy political patronage and would not be allowed to go scot-free, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath told the UP Assembly today.

File pic - Adityanath arrives for a cabinet meeting at Lok

Need to expose those who distorted history, says UP CM Adityanath

Politics | May 14, 2017, 05:17 PM IST

Adityanath also said that there was a need to decide whether there should be a place for those who "relate themselves" to Mehmood Gaznavi, Allauddin Khilji, Babar and Aurangzeb.

Yogi Adityanath completes two months in office

Yogi Adityanath's two months in office: Of hits and misses

Politics | May 14, 2017, 01:39 PM IST

UP CM Yogi Adityanath completes two months in office this week.

Adityanath to resign as MP only after presidential poll

Adityanath, Parrikar to resign as MPs only after presidential poll in July

Politics | May 14, 2017, 12:52 PM IST

Yogi Adityanath and Manohar Parrikar are likely to resign from their parliamentary seats only after casting their votes in the presidential election.

Yogi Adityanath addressing reporters at Lok Bhawan in

Spread awareness about Centre's works: UP CM tells BJP workers

Politics | May 13, 2017, 10:00 PM IST

The chief minister, who also held a review meeting with senior officials on issues relating to development and law and order, said his government was working towards fulfilling all the promises made by the BJP in the run up to the UP assembly electio

File pic of UP CM Yogi Adityanath

39 senior IPS officers transferred; ADGs to head Varanasi, Meerut, Agra, Bareilly, Lucknow zones

India | May 13, 2017, 03:33 PM IST

Also additional DG-rank IPS officers were today for the first time made in-charge of Varanasi, Meerut, Agra, Bareilly and Lucknow zones.

Kids in Govt schools in UP

UP: Yogi Adityanath govt considering ‘no school bag day’ on Saturdays

India | May 13, 2017, 11:35 AM IST

With an aim to allow School kids to enjoy themselves in creative activities, the Uttar Pradesh government led by Yogi Adityanath is considering a proposal to declare “no school bag day” on Saturdays in state-run schools.

Representational pic - A closed slaughterhouse in UP

Commission new slaughterhouse licenses, renew old ones: HC orders Yogi govt

India | May 12, 2017, 04:53 PM IST

The interim order was passed by a Lucknow bench of justices AP Sahi and Sanjai Harkauli. The court had reserved its verdict in the case on Friday.

CM Yogi’s 40-day plan to rid UP roads of potholes to cost

CM Yogi’s 40-day plan to rid UP roads of potholes to cost Rs 1,400 cr

India | May 12, 2017, 11:21 AM IST

In an effort to make 11,107 state roads pothole-free within the next 40 days, the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government has allotted about Rs 1,400 crore for the work, says an Economic Times report.

No sanction to prosecute Yogi in 2007 riots, UP govt tells

No sanction to prosecute Yogi in 2007 riots, CB-CID to file closure report: UP govt tells Allahabad HC

Politics | May 11, 2017, 08:08 PM IST

Uttar Pradesh government has refused to grant sanction for the prosecution of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in 2007 Gorakhpur riots case.

ogi govt, NITI Aayog to jointly prepare roadmap for UP's

Yogi govt, NITI Aayog to jointly prepare roadmap for UP's development

Politics | May 10, 2017, 10:50 PM IST

A joint working group comprising top functionaries of the NITI Aayog and Yogi Adityanath government will prepare a roadmap to ensure all-round development of UP.

Yogi Adityanath

Yogi Adityanath praises Maharana Pratap, says Akbar, Babar were ‘invaders’

Politics | May 10, 2017, 03:11 PM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday showered praise on Maharana Pratap on his 477th birth anniversary and asked the youngsters to follow the path shown by him.

BJP MLA now, accuses police of allowing illegal Liquor

Caught insulting an IPS officer, BJP MLA now alleges police complicity in allowing illegal liquor

India | Feb 21, 2023, 06:36 PM IST

A day after he kicked up a storm over his misbehavior with a lady IPS officer in Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s Lok Sabha constituency of Gorakhpur, Mohan Das Agrawal, the BJP MLA in question, has now accused the police of violating rules and allow

Yogi Adityanath

Centre repatriates five IAS officials sought by Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath

Politics | May 09, 2017, 08:37 AM IST

Acceding to the request made by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the central government on Monday repatriated five IAS officials to their parent cadre Uttar Pradesh.

BJP MLA Radha Mohan Das

BJP leader insults woman IPS: Plain high-handedness or the cutting loose of ‘saffron brigade’ in UP?

Politics | May 08, 2017, 11:35 PM IST

Today’s incident comes as an open defiance to repeated reminders from PM Modi, party chief Amit Shah and CM Adityanath to exercise control and be humble

Yogi Adityanath

After darshan of Ram Lalla in Ayodhya, NRI Hindus meet CM Yogi Adityanath

India | May 06, 2017, 06:33 PM IST

135 NRI Hindus from over 10 countries today met UP CM Yogi Adityanath after they had a darshan of Ram Lalla at Ayodhya.

Yogi Adityanath wielding broom

Yogi Aditynath wields broom to make Uttar Pradesh a clean state

Politics | May 06, 2017, 11:50 AM IST

To underline his resolve and commitment to make Uttar Pradesh a clean state, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today picked up a broom and swept the streets in Baloo Addar locality of Lucknow.

Yogi Adityanath at a programme in Lucknow on Friday

No remedy if someone makes up mind to blame an outfit: UP CM Adityanath

Politics | May 06, 2017, 12:00 AM IST

He was responding to a question by reporters here about the Saharanpur clash in which an MP and a senior police official were injured and the lynching of a Muslim man in Bulandshahr allegedly by Hindu Yuva Vahini (HYV) activists.

UP Governor Ram Naik writes to CM Adityanath, seeks action

UP Governor Ram Naik forwards letter seeking 'action' against Azam Khan to CM Adityanath

Politics | May 04, 2017, 07:21 PM IST

UP Governor Ram Naik has written to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath seeking action against former minister Azam Khan on various charges, including misuse of official position.