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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The ruling BJP in Uttar Pradesh has been hitting out at Samajwadi Party with a series of short films titled 'Farq Saaf Hai' ahead of the Assembly polls.
Asaduddin Owaisi has accused PM Narendra Modi, Yogi Adityanath and Amit Shah of encouraging people who are spreading hatred in name of religion.
Gyananand Maharaj, founder of the Shri Krishan Kripa Dham, said that the community of saints will support Yogi Adityanath wholeheartedly if he decides to run for elections from Mathura.
Akhilesh Yadav's statement came in connection with BJP's 'farq saaf hai' campaign in which the 'bad man' is shown wearing red caps identical to the one worn by all Samajwadi Party workers.
Adityanath said in the dreams, Lord Krishna must have told Samajwadi Party that when they were in power, they failed to do anything for Mathura, Barsana, Vrindavan, Gokul and Baldev.
Akhilesh Yadav has claimed that Lord Krishna comes to his dreams every night to tell me that I will form the government and establish “Ram Rajya” in Uttar Pradesh.
Adityanath's attack on Rahul comes amidst remarks by the Congress leader over the past few days wherein he repeatedly sought to highlight the difference between Hindu and Hindutva and described Hindu as tolerant and Hindutva as power-seeking.
Eight Omicron cases have so far been reported in Uttar Pradesh and of the patients, three have recovered and the others are in home isolation, the chief minister said.
Uttar Pradesh BJP's co-media in-charge Abhay Singh said the party's public representatives, including the MPs and MLAs, are already taking suggestions of the public for preparing the 'sankalp patra'.
One of the key areas of focus for the prime minister is inculcating sporting culture and establishing world-class sporting infrastructure in all parts of the country, and the establishment of this university at Meerut will be a major step towards fulfilling this vision, a government official said.
In past 24 hours, 383 fresh COVID cases were reported in 38 districts of the state, while the number of active cases was 1,211.
Under the new policy, the price of liquor will not be increased, but the license fee will be increased by 7.5 per cent.
On being asked from which seat he will contest the election, he said "the party will decide from which seat I will contest the upcoming assembly election."
Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab will go to polls early in 2022. While the first four are ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party, the last one has a Congress government.
Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab will go to polls early in 2022. While the first four are ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party, the last one has a Congress government.
In an exclusive interview with India TV, Akhilesh Yadav claimed that the BJP has links with Piyush Jain and he funded the saffron party.
Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab will go to polls early next year. While the first four are ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party, the last one has a Congress government.
On September 29, 2008, six people were killed and over 100 injured when an explosive device strapped to a motorcycle went off near a mosque in Malegaon town in north Maharashtra, some 200 km from Mumbai.
The committee is headed by Shiv Pratap Shukla. Apart from him, it comprises Mahesh Sharma, Abhijat Mishra and Ram Bhai Morakiya.
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