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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In the recently held Lok Sabha elections, the Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance secured 43 out of the state's 80 Lok Sabha seats compared to the NDA's 36, down from 64 in the 2019 polls. The BJP also lost the much-talked Faizabad seat under which Ayodha falls.
Reacting to the ongoing controversy over eateries on the Kanwar Yatra route in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar where the local police have ordered to display of the owners' names at the shop, veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar has now come forward and put out his views. Check out the full story below.
After the conclusion of Lok Sabha elections, results of which were not the desired ones for the BJP, the state is going witness another crucial polls -- byelections on 10 seats -- that are left vacant after incumbent MLAs contested the Lok Sabha elections.
Keshav Prasad Maurya has slammed Akhilesh Yadav amid the rumours of a rift between him and CM Yogi Adityanath. He has claimed that in the 2027 assembly elections in the state BJP will repeat its performance of the 2017 elections.
This was also the first major meeting of the state cabinet ministers after the Lok Sabha polls, in which the party won 33 seats, down from 62 it clinched in 2019. Uttar Pradesh sends 80 members to the Lower House of Parliament.
Digital attendance will be kept suspended till further orders. A decision will be taken on the basis of the committee's report. The committee will consider all the dimensions of education and give suggestions for improvement.
The government plans to develop the Kukrail River on the likes of Gujarat's Sabarmati riverfront as part of river's rejuvenation plan which has turned into a drain.
Earlier today, delegates met UP CM Yogi Adityanath regarding action being taken on houses located on the banks of the Kukrail River in Pant Nagar, Khurram Nagar and Akbar Nagar.
The Uttar Pradesh government has delayed the introduction of digital attendance in state schools for the next two months.
Adityanath's remarks comes after a day after the BJP-led NDA's dismal performance in by-elections in seven states. I.N.D.I.A bloc members won the bypolls to 10 of the 13 assembly constituencies, while the BJP managed to bag two and an Independent pocketed one seat.
The BJP had won only 33 out of 80 seats in UP, as against 63 in 2019. In addition to this, the Samajwadi Party had pushed the BJP to second place in the state by winning 37 Lok Sabha seats.
In a major reshuffle, DMs of five districts have been transferred by the Uttar Pradesh government. DMs of Auraiya, Ayodhya, Deoria, Sonbhadra and Badaun have been transferred.
The action was taken against five officials and workers over their alleged involvement in the land grab case. Apart from a departmental inquiry, an FIR has also been registered in the case.
Uttar Pradesh lightning strike: A 45-year-old man identified as Vijay Kumar, a resident of Pandohi, died after he came in contact with lightning while he was grazing goats at Neem Dabha village in Hamidpur.
Without taking names, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath usually refers to Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav and his uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav as "chacha-bhatija" (uncle-nephew).
A total of 121 people, mostly women, died in the stampede at self-styled godman Baba Bhole's 'satsang' in Hathras on July 2.
Dev Prakash Madhukar, the main accused in the Hathras stampede that resulted in 121 deaths, has surrendered and been taken into custody by the UP Police. Authorities are also searching for preacher Bhole Baba for questioning.
The move has come after several bridges collapsed in Bihar in the past few days. Altogether 10 bridges collapsed in Siwan, Saran, Madhubani, Araria, East Champaran and Kishanganj districts in the past 16 days.
India's number one and most followed Super Prime Time News Show, ‘Aaj Ki Baat-Rajat Sharma Ke Saath' was launched just before the 2014 general elections.
Hathras Stampede: 121 people lost their lives in a stampede at a religious congregation in Hathras district's Sikandra Rau on Tuesday. The Uttar Pradesh government has formed a SIT under ADG Agra to investigate the incident.
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