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.
Read MoreAs Adityanath was headed to Lok Bhawan for an event, the man who had camouflaged himself with the waiting media at the gate, tried to leap in front of the Chief Minister's car when the cars arrived.
According to sources, Governor Ram Naik has okayed the withdrawal of "many cases" based on recommendations sent by the ruling BJP in the state.
The case against Adityanath, Shiv Pratap Shukla, Sheetal Pandey and 10 others was filed at Gorakhpur’s Pipiganj police station in May 27, 1995 for holding a meeting in violation of prohibitory orders.
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) managing director Mangu Singh also graced the event. After the inauguration, all the dignitaries, including PM Modi, took a ride on b
For the last 29 years, chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh had been avoiding visits to Noida because of the widespread superstition that any CM visiting Noida loses his or her seat soon after.
A united Opposition expressed apprehension that the UPCOC Bill, 2017, could be misused against political adversaries and the press and demanded that it be sent to the select committee of the House for scrutiny.
The BSP opposed the Bill saying UPCOCA “will be mostly used for suppression of poor, Dalits, backward classes and religious minorities.
In the past, at all occasions where the head of the government or of the state was there, non-vegetarian dishes were always served.
It is said that the CM and Azam Khan reached the Assembly at the same time. The two met each other before entering the corridors. It was then that the photographers shot Yogi and Azam walking inside the House holding each other’s hands.
Addressing a police coordination committee meeting of the north zone here, Adityanath said many incidents have come to light in which the police harassed the people who gave them a tip or information.
Barring some incidents of 'love jihad' and cow vigilantism, law and order in Uttar Pradesh had improved considerably under the Bharatiya Janata Party government, the Shia cleric said.
Yogi Adityanath asked Congress president-elect Rahul Gandhi to make it clear whether he wants a Ram Temple in Ayodhya or not.
The woman along with a group of French tourists and her relatives was visiting the Lakhania Dari Waterfall when the incident took place.
Adityanath, who is on a campaign trail in poll-bound Gujarat, claimed that Congress deliberately planted Kapil Sibal in Supreme Court to disrupt resolution to Ram Mandir matter.
Though Yogi has given credit to the "vision" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the "strategy" of BJP chief Amit Shah, the credit rightly goes to him.
A resurgent Mayawati challenged the BJP and said that her party would sweep the 2019 Lok Sabha polls if voting is done on ballot papers.
Yogi Adityanath said he wanted the decades old issue resolved amicably through talks but lamented that that could not happen.
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath lauded the BJP workers who ‘worked to communicate the party agenda of development to all’.
In an exclusive chat session with India TV, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath thanked the people of state for showing faith in the government.
Seen as a litmus test for Yogi Adityanath less than a year after the BJP swept to power with a thumping majority, the saffron party bagged more than 50 per cent of the seats in the UP civic polls, results to which were announced today.
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