Yogi Adityanath
Yogi Adityanath | |
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योगी आदित्यनाथ | |
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| Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh | |
| Assumed office 19 March 2017 | |
| Governor | Ram Naik |
| Deputy | Keshav Prasad Maurya Brijesh Pathak |
| Preceded by | Akhilesh Yadav |
| Member of the India Parliament for Gorakhpur | |
| Assumed office 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Avaidyanath |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ajay Singh Bisht[1] 5 June 1972 Panchur, Pauri Garhwal, Uttar Pradesh (present day Uttarakhand) |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Alma mater | Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University |
| Occupation | Politician monk |
| Website | www |
Mahant Yogi Adityanath (birth name- Ajay Singh Bisht;[1] 5th June 1972[2]) is a Hindu monk and Indian politician who is the currently the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, India. He also became the first to hold the office for two consecutive terms and the state's longest-serving chief minister.[3][4][5][6]
Sources
[change | change source]- 1 2 In The End, This Is What Worked In Yogi Adityanath's Favour, 18 March 2017.
- ↑ Shri Yogi Adityanath: Members bioprofile, Sixteenth Lok Sabha, retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ↑ Ellen Barry (18 March 2017), "Firebrand Hindu Cleric Yogi Adityanath Picked as Uttar Pradesh Minister", The New York Times
- ↑ "Yogi Adityanath is new Uttar Pradesh CM, will have two deputies". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
- ↑ "Hindu firebrand Yogi Adityanath picked as Uttar Pradesh chief minister". BBC News. 18 March 2017. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
- ↑ "Yogi Adityanath is new Uttar Pradesh CM, will have two deputies". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
Books
[change | change source]- Basu, Amrita (2015), Violent Conjunctures in Democratic India, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-1-316-30018-3
Other websites
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