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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Stressing that the holy city is identified by Lord Ram, the UP CM announced setting up of a medical college in the name of King Dashrath, father of Lord Ram, in the district. Ayodhya will also get an airport named after 'Purshottam Ram'.
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CM Adityanath told the public rally that the public determination to build the temple will make the task easier, adding that the issue of construction work will be taken up after Diwali.
There are reports that Yogi may announce the installation of Lord Ram's statue in Ayodhya, its location and specifications. This could be a political masterstroke.
The statue will be 100 metres in length and will be placed on a 36-metres tall pedestal on the banks of Sarayu river.
Changing the name of Allahabad, which has been used for hundreds of years, to Prayagraj is neither in interest of the public nor the government, said the PIL.
The Chief Minister's tweets came a day after the Supreme Court said an appropriate bench would take up the matter of its hearing only in January 2019.
As per the trends, nearly 70% of the searches were targeted at Yogi Adityanath.
Israel and Japan are official partners of Krishi Kumbh 2018 that will continue for three days.
The chief minister has decided to extend pension benefits to all widows, farmers, the aged and specially-abled persons.
The proposal to rename the historic city of Allahabad as Prayagraj was approved by the Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on Tuesday.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: On November 17, in all parliamentary areas, motorcycle rallies would be taken out, he told party members.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during his visit to Allahabad on Saturday had announced that there was a proposal to rename the city as Prayagraj ahead of the 2019 Kumbh Mela.
The Lucknow Police arrested a Muslim man after he decided to offer namaz on a busy road outside the secretariat office.
The official bungalow at 6, Lal Bahadur Shastri Road of BSP supremo Mayawati in Lucknow has been allotted to Samajwadi Secular Morcha president Shivpal Yadav
Earlier too, reportedly, the state government had given Rs 500 crore to three big akhadas of Allahabad.
With an eye on the saffron vote bank, BJP is expected to use Adityanath during campaigns in Rajasthan's Sikar, Alwar, Churu and Jaipur.
Swami Paripoornananda was externed in July from the Hyderabad for six months for allegedly making provocative statements.
I was contacted by some north Indians living in Gujarat and I told them not to pay heed to any rumours, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh said.
She had on Tuesday refused to take cash award at a programme in presence of Governor Ram Naik and CM Adityanath, saying that she wanted the job.
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