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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New Delhi: Notwithstanding controversy over the conversion issue, BJP MP Yogi Adityanath today justified such programmes saying it is an ongoing process and will continue to happen.The Gorakhpur MP also batted for a strong anti-conversion
Hajipur (Bihar): Amidst raging controversy over alleged conversion in Agra, firebrand BJP MP Yogi Adityanath today said that there was nothing wrong if people re-convert to Hinduism if they are doing it willingly.“There is nothing
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Patna: As the BJP faced a setback in the recently concluded bypolls, Senior Bihar BJP leader and former deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi has downplayed Yogi Adityanath's central theme of ‘love jihad'.Speaking to an
Lucknow: Union Minister for Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises (MSME) Kalraj Mishra today said though the by-election results were not as per BJP's expectation, the party was “neither disappointed nor dejected”. “The results of by-elections
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Mumbai: All India Majlis-e Ittihad al-Muslimin leader Akbaruddin Owaisi Saturday hit out at Yogi Adityanath over his alleged “love jihad” comments and said that people who love cannot be called “jihadis”.“When people are in love,
New Delhi: At a time when some BJP leaders are raking up the controversial 'love jihad' issue, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said he had "no idea" about it."What is love jihad?" was his prompt
New Delhi: The Election Commission Thursday "reprimanded" BJP MP Yogi Adityanath for violating the Model Code of Conduct while campaigning for Uttar Pradesh assembly bypolls and asked him to be "careful" in the future."The commission
Lucknow: BJP's star campaigner for the Uttar Pradesh assembly by-polls and Lok Sabha member from Gorakhpur Yogi Adityanath Wednesday flouted a ban imposed on a meeting here and addressed party supporters.Having being denied permission to
Lakhimpur Kheri: Dubbing the ruling Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh as the party of “a family”, BJP MP Yogi Adityanath today claimed that its policies were “divisive and discriminatory”.Adityanath, the BJP's lead campaigner in UP
Mainpuri: Terming BJP as the "most cunning" party, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today accused it of trying to divide the country by talking about 'love jihad'."I have said this in the past too
Mumbai: Endorsing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Yogi Adityanath's view on contentious issue of 'Love Jihad', Shiv Sena supremo Uddhav Thackeray in the editorial mouthpiece ‘Saamna' said that ‘Love Jihad is an international conspiracy to
New Delhi: In interesting comments, AAP leader Kumar Vishwas today appeared to be critical of the functioning of his party while praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The poet-turned-politician said that he fears AAP turning into a
New Delhi: The Election Commission today issued a show cause notice to BJP MP Yogi Adityanath for violating the model code of conduct by making allegedly inflammatory remarks while campaigning for assembly bypolls in Noida.Taking
Rampur (UP): Attacking BJP over the issue of ‘love jihad', senior Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan has said that both ‘love' and ‘jihad' are “paak lafz” (pure words) and should not be misused to vitiate
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