Adityanath Yogi
| Yogi Adityanath | |
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Yogi on stage along with several leaders including Narendra Modi
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| 21st Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh | |
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Assumed office 19 March 2017 |
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| Governor | Ram Naik |
| Deputy |
Keshav Prasad Maurya Dr. Dinesh Sharma |
| Preceded by | Akhilesh Yadav |
| Member of the India Parliament for Gorakhpur |
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Assumed office 1998 |
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| Preceded by | Mahant Avaidyanath |
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Ajay Singh Bisht 5 June 1972 Panchur, Pauri Garhwal, Uttar Pradesh (now in Uttarakhand) |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Residence | 5, Kalidas Marg, Lucknow |
| Education | B.Sc. (Mathematics) |
| Alma mater | H. N. B. Garhwal University |
| Occupation |
Politician Priest |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Website | www |
Yogi Adityanath (born Ajay Singh Bisht; 5 June 1972) is an Indian priest and politician with an image as a Hindutva (Hindu nationalist) "firebrand". He is the current Chief Minister of the state of Uttar Pradesh. He was appointed in March 2017 after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the 2017 state assembly elections, in which he was a prominent campaigner. He has been the Member of Parliament from the Gorakhpur constituency, Uttar Pradesh for five consecutive terms since 1998. Adityanath is also the Mahant or head priest of the Gorakhnath Math, a Hindu temple in Gorakhpur, a position he has held since the death of his spiritual "father", Mahant Avaidyanath, in September 2014. He is also the founder of the Hindu Yuva Vahini, an extremist and militant youth organisation that has been involved in communal violence.
Yogi Adityanath was born as Ajay Singh Bisht on 5 June 1972 in the village of Panchur, in Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand (formerly in Uttar Pradesh). His father Anand Singh Bisht was a forest ranger. He completed his bachelor's degree in Mathematics from the Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University in Uttarakhand.
He left home around 1990s to join the Ayodhya Ram temple movement. He came under the influence of Mahant Avaidyanath, the chief priest of the Gorakhnath Math, and became his disciple. Subsequently, he was given the name 'Yogi Adityanath' and designated as the successor of the Mahant Avaidyanath. While based in Gorakhpur after his initiation, Adityanath has often visited his ancestral village, establishing a school there in 1998.
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