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 BJP has purportedly stoked the row by coming up with a cartoon that takes a dig at All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Asaduddin Owaisi and Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked for strict compliance with the instructions given by the state government, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Adityanath on Sunday attended the concluding session of the two-day national executive meeting of the Scheduled Caste Morcha at Deendayal Upadhyaya Hastkala Sankul Auditorium, in Varanasi.
Dismissing the claims as "rhetoric", SP chief Akhilesh Yadav tweeted, "Six months are left for this government, which has committed atrocities on farmers, poor, women and the youth through unemployment, inflation, hatred and slump in business."
Adityanath said that his government had developed places of religious interest into tourist destinations.
The development of Uttar Pradesh gained momentum only when the 'double engine' government in the state was well supported by the Centre which paid rich dividends, said the spokesperson.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath were involved in an intense verbal duel on Tuesday. It all started with Rahul Gandhi's tweet mocking the BJP leader.
JD(U) leader Lalan Singh has said that political parties should maintain restraint in their comments, asserting that the country belongs to everyone, be it Hindus, Muslims, Christians or any other community.
Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and Congress are expected to better their tally in the UP Assembly polls 2022, the astrologer predicted
Cow smuggling has always been a major issue in Uttar Pradesh that has led to frequent incidents of violence in the state.
The Prime Minister said that the defence node in Aligarh and the Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh university would transform western Uttar Pradesh soon.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday laid the foundation stone of Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh state university in Aligarh.
Addressing a program in Kushinagar on Sunday, Adityanath alleged that people did not get rations before 2017 as they do now.
In the two page letter to Adityanath, the Pilibhit MP listed out all the problems and demands of the farmers and at the same time also suggested solutions for the same.
Dinesh Sharma, who was addressing a 'prabuddh sammelan' (meeting of intellectuals) in Greater Noida, also said his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) does not discriminate people on the basis of religion and believes in taking together every section of society.
Shiv Sena on Saturday said that it will contest on all 403 seats in Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, to be held in 2022.
During visit, President Ram Nath Kovind will lay the foundation stones for the Uttar Pradesh National Law University and new building complex of the Allahabad High Court, it said.
Making the announcement, Nishad Party chief Sanjay Nishad said, "We will win and form the government with BJP."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday laid the foundation stone of Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh State University in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh.
According to an order issued by additional chief secretary home, Awanish Awasthi, the new timings will come into immediate effect.
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