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 MoreUP Governor Ram Naik has written to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath seeking action against former minister Azam Khan on various charges, including misuse of official position.
The incident took place last night when the deceased, identified as Chandrashekhar, was travelling from Chhata village to Deeg along with his two sisters.
A staggering 50 of the 62 cities surveyed in UP are ranked at 305 or lower in the nationwide survey of 434 cities
A 59-year-old Muslim man was allegedly beaten to death by a group of people in Buladshahr’s Sohi village on Tuesday on suspicion that he aided his relative elope with a Hindu girl.
The Uttar Pradesh government headed by Yogi Adityanath today decided to celebrate ‘UP Diwas’ on January 24 every year.
Yogi Adityanath today said that assembly poll results in the state have caused a flutter across the country's political spectrum as the politics of casteism and appeasement will now end while the agenda of development and nationalism will sustain.
Yogi Adityanath today announced that the state will soon have a new excise policy under which liquor shops will not be allowed along highways, near educational institutions, religious places and in densely populated areas.
MLA Amanmani Tripathi was seen sharing stage with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at the Gorakhpur University campus on Saturday.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday sought a detailed report over violence on Allahabad University campus after the arrest of four students for allegedly disrupting a meeting and violating prohibitory orders.
The Allahabad High Court has transferred close to 400 judicial officers, nearly half of them of the Additional District and Sessions Judge rank, in a major reshuffle in the lower judiciary in Uttar Pradesh.
Further, he heaped praise on PM Narendra Modi for his decision banning use of red beacons on VVIP vehicles.
Don't spare those who create nuisance irrespective of their political leanings as law and order is top priority, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has told police officials.
In another tweet, the AAP leader heaped praise on the BJP government in UP saying ‘a government should learn from the examples set by others’.
In a stern warning to all the government officials, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s office has issued a notice saying that the CM could call them anytime on landlines at their office between 9am to 6 pm.
A ‘Yogi-style’ haircut, ban on non-vegetarian food and gender segregation to prevent ‘love jihad’ – these are some of the bizarre diktats allegedly issued by a CBSE-affiliated school in Meerut for its 2,800 students, from Class I to XII.
Power minister Shrikant Sharma told reporters that villages across the state will get non-stop supply of power from 7 pm to 5 am.
At a late night meeting here on Wednesday, the Chief Minister directed officials to provide better public facilities including approach roads, toilets, rest houses, places to sit and drinking water near religious places in the state.
Yogi Adityanath government today transferred 84 IAS and 54 IPS officers including many district magistrates and police chiefs.
Dos and don'ts have been issued for the UP Police on anti-Romeo squads, with the new police chief making it clear that those indulging in rowdy behaviour need not be arrested and instead their guardians be called and briefed.
Instead, students in schools and colleges would now be taught about them on these days, the state Cabinet decided on Tuesday in a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
Top News
Trending News
Latest News