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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Rabri Devi made the comment while lambasting the BJP-JDU dispensation for alleged failure to maintain law and order situation in Bihar.
Police said 14 people have been arrested so far in connection with the conspiracy to flare riots in Gorakhpur on March 25, the day Yogi Adityanath took oath as the CM of Uttar Pradesh.
The Samajwadi Party chief welcomed the newly-elected Speaker Satish Mahana.
Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya has been given charge of Rural Development, Food Processing, Entertainment Tax, and National Integration departments. Fellow Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak has been allocated three departments - Health, Family Welfare, and Child Welfare.
Reports from various parts of the state also suggest several illegal encroachments have been removed with bulldozers which many consider now a new emblem of the Yogi Aditynath government.
Prayagraj Mayor Abhilasha Gupta said that the bulldozer was a symbol of security for the women and also of the development of Uttar Pradesh.
UP Kushinagar News: BJP supporter Babar was allegedly lynched by his neighbours for supporting the saffron party's win in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.
The two leaders met in the UP legislative assembly ahead of the oath taking of the newly-elected members of the 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly.
The deceased man, identified as Babar, was allegedly lynched by his neighbours for supporting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and distributing sweets after the party's poll victory in Uttar Pradesh.
Union civil aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia also participated in the function from Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior.
Uttar Pradesh Election Watch and the Association for Democratic Reforms have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 45 of the total 53 ministers, including CM.
On Friday, Adityanath, 48, was sworn in as chief minister, becoming the first CM in over three and a half decades to return to power in the state after completing a full five-year term.
Yogi Adityanath on Friday took oath as the Uttar Pradesh chief minister for a second term at a ceremony where 52 others were sworn in as ministers, as PM Narendra Modi watched the proceedings marking the BJP’s triumphant return to power in the state.
During the assembly poll campaign, BJP bigwigs hailed the success of Adityanath-Narendra Modi's‘ double-engine’ government in the state over the past five years. And the CM tweeted a telling picture of Modi placing a hand over his shoulders.
While Yogi chose to give another term to several ministers from his previous government, one of the most surprising addition was the name of young leader Danish Azad Ansari.
Keshav Prasad Maurya was the biggest casualty in UP assembly polls who lost Sirathu to his Samajwadi Party rival, Pallavi Patel, by a margin of 7,337 votes.
Yogi Adityanath has often been compared with Prime Minister Narendra Modi due to his work approach.
India TV has an exclusive list of the leaders who are expected to take oath as Cabinet ministers and MoS.
Reciting of national anthem and hoisting of national flag on Independence Day was made mandatory in madarsas across Uttar Pradesh in 2017.
Yogi Adityanath is set to take oath as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister at a grand ceremony at Lucknow's Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium.
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