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 MoreYogi Adityanath also invoked the legacy of Maharaja Suheldev, who he said had defeated and killed invader Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masood in a battle at Bahraich.
UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the Samajwadi Party govt used to supply even power to an area on the basis of the religion of people living there, but the BJP government works on the principle of inclusive growth.
Pilibhit, Lakhimpur-Kheri, Sitapur, Lucknow, Hardoi, Unnao, Rae Bareli, Fatehpur and Banda districts will go to polls in the fourth phase today. A total of 624 candidates are in the fray for 59 Assembly seats.
In the photo, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav is seen with Abu Azmi and SP leader Shadab Ahmed, whose son Mohammad Saif is a convict in the Ahmedabad blast case.
Adityanath alleged that the Samajwadi Party wants to weaken the fight against terrorism, adding that it batted for the release of people involved in acts of terror.
Yadav probably doesn't know that I have been monitoring the functioning of government schemes through an e-dashboard installed in my office as well as residence, the chief minister said.
Uttar Pradesh incumbent Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was asked to respond on his prime ministerial ambitions.
The UP Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath also stated that the Ram temple will be a 'Rashtra Mandir' of India.
Karhal is just four km from Akhilesh's native village Saifai in the Etawah district. Akhilesh served as the Chief Minister between 2012 and 2017 through the legislative council route and is also an MP from Azamgarh presently.
The Yogi Adityanath-led government had told the Apex Court that on February 13 and 14, it withdrew 274 recovery notices issued against anti-CAA protestors for destruction of properties.
Lashing out at the Congress, Yogi Adityanath said that the day labourers from UP stop going to other states for work, 'the Congress government would know what the situation would be there'.
Rajnath Singh said they (BJP) never did Hindu-Muslim politics and neither accepted politics based on caste or creed. It's the Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party, Congress that do caste, creed politics but BJP only believes in politics of development.
Addressing an election rally here, PM Modi said people in UP are saying only the BJP will come to power in the state, and cautioned that attempts were being made to divide them.
Mukhtar Ansari was arrested in 2005 for his alleged role in the murder of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai, and he has been behind the bars ever since.
Union Minister and BJP's Karhal candidate SP Singh Baghel alleged that Samajwadi Party has always been involved in booth capturing in this region as they want to threaten people not to vote.
Adityanath reached the Ravidas temple at the Seer Govardhan premises in the morning, paid his respects to the 15th-16th century poet and also had 'prasad' at the 'langar' served.
BJP leaders often talk about the Congress' dynastic politics to target Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
CM Yogi Adityanath said that Akhilesh Yadav should understand that cases against Azam Khan pertain to courts and not state governments.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that after the first phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, there is no doubt about the BJP forming the government for another five years.
Taking to Twitter, CM Yogi Adityanath said, "Those who dream of Gazva-e-Hind, religious fanatics of Talibani thinking, understand this... India will run according to the constitution, not according to Shariat...!"
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