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Yogi Adityanath

Yogi Adityanath

DOB: 5 June 1972

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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CM Yogi to attend Janmashtami celebrations in Mathura

Uttar Pradesh: CM Adityanath to attend Janmashtami celebrations in Mathura

India | Aug 18, 2019, 11:14 AM IST

Yogi Adityanath will stay in Mathura for two days during Janamashtami and perform 'Abhishek' at the Krishna Janambhoomi.

Independence Day brings new dawn for J&K, Ladakh: Yogi

Independence Day brings new dawn for J&K, Ladakh: Yogi

India | Aug 15, 2019, 12:57 PM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday greeted people on the occasion of 73rd Independence Day, and made a special mention of those living in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

Yogi Adityanath's office in Lucknow to be made bulletproof

Yogi Adityanath's office in Lucknow to be made bulletproof

India | Aug 15, 2019, 10:26 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's office in the state capital will be made bulletproof, in the wake of inputs given by intelligence agencies about a possible threat to him.

Uttar Pradesh Police plans to declare Azam Khan as 'history sheeter'. He has 72 cases against him.

With 72 cases, UP Police plans to declare Azam Khan a 'history sheeter'

India | Aug 12, 2019, 04:34 PM IST

The UP police are now preparing to open a 'history sheet' of Samajwadi Party MP Mohd Azam Khan and formally declare him a history-sheeter. Azam Khan has 72 cases against him so far.

Manohar Lal Khattar, Yogi Adityanath to visit Russia as part of chief ministers' delegation

Manohar Lal Khattar, Yogi Adityanath to visit Russia as part of chief ministers' delegation

India | Aug 10, 2019, 11:59 PM IST

An official spokesman said in the run-up to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the eastern region of Russia to attend the Eastern Economic Forum in September 2019, Goyal was leading a chief ministers' delegation to Vladivostok. 

Raksha Bandhan 2019: Free ride for women on govt buses in UP

Raksha Bandhan 2019: Free ride for women on govt buses in UP

India | Aug 10, 2019, 03:55 PM IST

The free travel plan will remain effective for 24 hours from midnight of August 14.

UP government enters Guinness World Record for distributing 66,000 plants simultaneously

UP government enters Guinness World Record for distributing 66,000 plants simultaneously

India | Aug 09, 2019, 10:07 PM IST

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who was in Allahabad to distribute free saplings on the bank of the Ganga-Yamuna confluence, said the state government set four records on Friday.

Yogi Adityanath cracks whip on corruption, cancels transfers

Yogi cracks whip on Uttar Pradesh's 'transfer industry', asks to route key files through CMO

India | Aug 09, 2019, 05:42 PM IST

The 'transfer industry', as it is known, is the biggest corruption machine in Uttar Pradesh. CM Yogi Adityanath's crackdown on random transfers have come as a respite for common people whose works were hit by these random transfers. 

Sonbhadra massacre: CM Yogi dismisses DM, SP with immediate

Sonbhadra massacre: CM Yogi dismisses DM, SP, orders action against 13 officials

India | Aug 04, 2019, 08:26 PM IST

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday shunted out the District Magistrate (DM) and the Superintendent of Police (SP) of Sonbhadra, three weeks after 10 Gond tribals were killed and 28 were injured in Uttar Pradesh’s Sonbhadra district over a land dispute. CM Yogi also directed action against 13 other officials after they were indicted in an inquiry into the killing of 10 Gond tribals last month over a land dispute.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath

Yogi Adityanath consolidates his Hindutva base with Kanwar Yatra

India | Aug 01, 2019, 10:55 AM IST

From closing schools to allow Kanwariyas to move unhindered on roads to showering petals on them from state-owned helicopters and washing roads on the route-the state government has offered sops by the dozens to Shiva devotees this year.

Yogi administration transfers 26 IAS officers

Yogi administration transfers 26 IAS officers in UP

India | Jul 31, 2019, 10:08 AM IST

Awasthi is now the Additional Chief Secretary of Information, Religious Works, Home, Intelligence, Visa, Passport, Jail Administration and Reforms and Vigilance Department. He also continues to hold the post of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) and Uttar Pradesh State Highways Authority (UPSHA) .

Shahberi fallout: 'Accountability should be fixed,' CM Yogi

Shahberi fallout: 'Accountability should be fixed', CM Yogi wants FIR, NSA against erring builders, officials

India | Jul 25, 2019, 08:57 AM IST

Taking note on July 17 Shahberi fallout last year in which nine people were killed, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister on Wednesday demanded an FIR and NSA against the erring builders and officials responsible for illegal construction.

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Uttar Pradesh plans to play greater role in Defence sector

India | Jul 23, 2019, 04:15 PM IST

According to sources, the Yogi Adityanath government plans to modify its policy for the upcoming 'defence corridor' and make arms, ammunition and explosives manufacturing units eligible for incentives. 

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Why Yogi is the 'encounter man' in UP?

India | Jul 22, 2019, 09:53 AM IST

Yogi Adityanath, known as a ‘strong nonsense' man in Gorakhpur, proudly informed journalists in January that more than 3,000 encounters had taken place in his regime in which 69 criminals were gunned down, 838 sustained injuries and 7,043 were arrested. And as the government completed two years in office, as many as 11,981 criminals got their bails cancelled and surrendered in court. 

Sonebhadra Carnage

Yogi blames Congress for Sonbhadra carnage, flays Priyanka

India | Jul 21, 2019, 04:29 PM IST

The Chief Minister, who was in the village where a clash over land claimed 10 lives and leftover two dozen injured on Wednesday, said, "This incident is a big political conspiracy. The foundations were laid in 1955 when the land was transferred to a trust set up by a Congress Rajya Sabha member. In 1989, the Congress government in UP transferred the land to individual members of the trust."

Sonbhadra tragedy

Yogi Adityanath to visit Sonbhadra today, will meet families of victims

Politics | Jul 21, 2019, 06:53 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is slated to visit violence-hit Sonbhadra today, where he will meet the family members of those killed over a land dispute in Sonbhadra. Yogi Adityanath will also address a press conference in Ubbah village later during the day. On Saturday, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had met the families of those killed in Sonbhadra tragedy.

Adityanath to visit village in Sonbhadra district to meet

Adityanath to visit village in Sonbhadra district to meet families of clash victims

India | Jul 20, 2019, 08:29 PM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will on Sunday visit Ubbah village in Sonbhadra district to meet the families of 10 people who were killed in a clash over a land dispute, an official said on Saturday.

Sonbhadra massacre

Sonbhadra clash: 5 officials suspended, 29 accused arrested, says Yogi Adityanath

India | Jul 19, 2019, 12:53 PM IST

Yogi said the land dispute, which led to the clash was old and was there since 1955 and there were a number of cases pending in revenue courts and criminal cases filed by both factions. Additional Director General (Varanasi Zone) has also been asked to probe cases registered between two sides in Sonebhadra before July 17, the CM said.

Sonbhadra incident

3-member probe committee formed: Yogi Adityanath assures strict action against Sonbhadra accused

India | Jul 19, 2019, 12:50 PM IST

Condemning the violence in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said a 3-member committee has been formed to probe the case, which will submit its report in 10 days. Yogi Adityanath has also assured strict action against those found guilty in the Sonbhadra incident. Nine people had died after a dispute over land broke out in Ubha village of Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh.

Congress eastern UP general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on

Minimum security cover please: Priyanka Gandhi's request to CM Yogi

India | Jul 18, 2019, 06:50 PM IST

“I appreciate the security arrangements made during my visits to the state but I request you to keep the security cover to minimum so that people do not face any inconvenience,” Priyanka Gandhi wrote.

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