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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Rs 276.66 crore is proposed for Uttar Pradesh special security force entrusted with the task of security of courts and historical and religious places, including Ayodhya, Kashi and Mathura.
Akhilesh Yadav launched an attack on the BJP government, in the UP assembly on Wednesday. He called them the most unsuccessful government in history.
An argument erupted between CM Yogi Adityanath and Leader of Opposition Akhilesh Yadav in the UP legislative assembly over the law & order situation in the state.
"The noise of loudspeakers should be within the premises where they are installed," Yogi Adityanath said.
There are more than 16,000 madrasas in Uttar Pradesh of which 558 are being given grants by the state government.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to UP is being considered very crucial ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
PM Modi is expected to discuss the priorities of the government and give UP Ministers tips on good governance on taking forward the agenda of development.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit his parliamentary constituency, Varanasi, later this month or in June.
Owaisi's remarks came after a Varanasi court while hearing the matter on Thursday said that the survey inside the Gyanvapi mosque located next to the Kashi Vishwanath temple will continue and the report needs to be submitted by May 17.
The Registrar of the Uttar Pradesh Madrassa Education Board, SN Pandey, also issued an order to this effect to all the District Minority Welfare Officers on May 9.
Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday removed state DGP Mukul Goel for disobeying orders and disregarding government work
Bypoll to the Champawat seat which was vacated for Dhami by Kailash Chandra Gehtori is scheduled to be held on May 31. The results will be announced on June 2.
The West Bengal CM was speaking at a state government program in Kolkata, where she claimed that Bengal is better than other states.
Surrounded by his relatives and acquaintances from neighboring villages soon after arrival, Yogi first spoke to the younger members of his family and distributed chocolates to them.
Though Yogi has been coming to Uttarakhand to attend political programmes and address public meetings, it is for the first time that he has visited his ancestral village.
The move came days after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's directive for restricting the volume of loudspeakers at religious places in order to avoid inconvenience to people living nearby.
Kangana Ranaut met UP CM Yogi Adityanath at his residence on Sunday (May 01). In one of the pictures, the two can be seen holding 'One District One Product' (ODOP) bag. For the unversed, in October last year, the UP government announced that Kangana Ranaut would be the brand ambassador of the ODOP program.
The portal is designed to streamline the disbursement of pension to the state government employees who retire from services.
Several Muslim clerics in Uttar Pradesh have made an appeal to Muslims to offer namaz at mosques in the locality and avoid public places.
Objectionable items including raw meat, threats, torn papers of sacred text and others were dumped outside the gate of mosques.
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