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 MoreDirecting UP officials not to make special arrangements when he tours the state, Yogi Adityanath said, "We are people who sit on the floor".
Akhilsh Yadav's ambitious highway project that aims to link Lucknow to Ballia would now known only as Purvanchal Expressway, as Yogi govt decided to drop the word 'Samajwadi' from its name.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will today visit Ayodhya where he plans to offer prayers at the makeshift Ram Lalla temple.
Yogi Adityanath said that his government was making all out efforts to clean river Ganga before the 2019 Prayag Ardh Kumbh and sought Belguim's cooperation.
Photographs of Swati Singh inaugurating a beer bar went viral on social media, prompting UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to seek an explanation from the minister.
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma on Monday said that upholding the dignity of women is of utmost importance for the Yogi Adityanath government
A shocking footage has emerged from Rampur, where a group of men molested two women near a village and then circulated the video.
CM Yogi claimed that the pollution level in the Ganga river was the highest after the Ganga Action Plan was launched in the 1980s due to non-cooperation of states through which the river passes.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said that he inherited jungle raj and it will take some time to establish rule of law in a big state like UP.
Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna on Thursday said that police cannot be deployed everywhere and no government can ensure a crime-free society.
UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday urged the people of the state not to pay any heed to statements aimed at inciting them.
Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav today accused the Yogi Adityanath government of completely failing in maintaining the law and order in the state.
Accusing previous governments of practicing discrimination on the basis of caste and religion, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday told opposition leaders that secularism does not mean being obsessed with one particular faith.
UP govt today said it will transfer the case of the death of IAS officer Anurag Tiwari to the CBI, soon after the Karnataka-cadre officer’s family met CM Yogi Adityanath.
Yogi, once a hardcore critic of Mayawati for her love for the construction of monuments and statues in the name of Dalit icon BR Ambedakar using taxpayer’s money, has approved a budget of Rs 10 crore for the maintenance of monuments
Addressing a function in Moradabad, he said criminal elements, who had a free run over the last 15 years and created 'jungleraj' in the state, cannot change in a day and were trying to make "mischief" but his government was taking steps to rein them
The chief minister, who was in Banda yesterday, while reviewing the wheat purchase, directed the officials to ensure that the farmers' produce is procured at the minimum support price.
Asserting that the people of the state did not get the real benefit from the change in government as the crime rate has not gone down, she said, "On the contrary, caste violence and political vendetta have become common."
In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, Uttar Pradesh government tonight transferred 74 senior IAS officers, appointing Shashi Prakash Goyal as the Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
Yogi Adityanath's visit to Bihar is bound to boost the Hindu Yuva Vahini, a right-wing group founded by him, which has decided to strengthen its presence in Bihar by enrolling thousands of youths.
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