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Yogi Adityanath to file nomination papers from Gorakhpur on Friday

The polling in Uttar Pradesh will be held on February 10, 14, 20, 23, 27 and March 3 and 7 in seven phases

'Zero' communal riots in UP since 2017, says Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath

UP CM Yogi Adityanath said no communal riots broke out during his tenure, while they had almost doubled from previous regime during the government of the Samajwadi Party.

Adityanath's clean image to benefit party in UP polls: BJP leader

BJP leader Arun Singh on Thursday claimed that the party will get the advantage of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's clean image in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls

Earlier govts wanted to use police as personal tool, usurped money: Yogi

He alleged that the Samajwadi Party (SP), which was in power from 2012 to 2017 in the state, only usurped money in the garb of building graveyards

UP riot-free since 2017, now preferred destination for investment: Yogi

Claiming success in controlling crime in the state, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday accused his predecessors of failing to undertake police reforms and modification

Adityanath shaken by SP-RLD alliance, isolated in his own party: Akhilesh

Yadav also attacked the CM over his language in the run-up to the assembly polls, which he said would be a Bhaichara banaam Bharatiya Janata Party

UP elections: Yogi Adityanath to file nomination from Gorakhpur on Friday

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will file his nomination papers for the Gorakhpur Urban seat on Friday. He will reach the city on Thursday. Union Home minister Amit Shah, Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan, and party state president Swatantra Dev Singh will be present during the filing of the nomination, BJP media cell in-charge Bachcha Pandey said on Wednesday. Before filing the nomination, Yogi will address a meeting at Maharana Pratap Inter College ground under COVID protocols, Pandey said. On Thursday he will hold a meeting with party office bearers and booth presidents. On Friday afternoon, he will address voter awareness convention at Gorakhpur club and also Prabudhdh Varg Sammelan at Nipal lodge. On Saturday, he will address Sikh community at Mohaddipur Gurudwara, Pandey added.

Samajwadi Party govts pushed UP onto violence, says CM Adityanath

UP CM Yogi Adityanath alleged that the previous SP governments pushed the state into violence as he held the party responsible for the Muzaffarnagar riots

Yogi's rise a new phase in Hindu nationalism, says Shashank Chaturvedi

'Yogi Adityanath as an MP from Gorakhpur maintained a distance from the RSS and ran his show through the Hindu Yuva Vahini', said Chaturvedi

Let them eat communalism

While UP's unemployed are angry, Yogi's call for a choice between Jinnah and Sardar Patel, more than seven decades after they both died, is the new 'let them eat cake'

UP CM Adityanath targets Samajwadi Party on Pakistan and Jinnah

UP CM Yogi Adityanath on Friday hit out at Samajwadi Party and its leader Akhilesh Yadav, calling them supporters of Pakistan and "worshippers of (Muhammad Ali) Jinnah".

In this UP polls, Gorakhpur gets chance to send a CM to state assembly

Yogi Adityanath's entry into the UP poll scene from Gorakhpur Urban has created a big buzz among the constituency's electorate which now has a chance of sending a chief minister to the state assembly.

Adityanath slams Akhilesh over Pak remark, says SP promotes gun culture

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday accused the Samajwadi Party of promoting gun culture and sought to corner its president Akhilesh Yadav over the Pakistan remark. An interview in the Economic Times quoted Yadav to have said that India's real enemy is China while Pakistan is a political enemy, which the BJP attacks for its "vote politics". "Those who do not think Pakistan is an enemy and consider Jinnah a friend, what can be said about their education and vision. They call themselves socialists but the truth is that 'tamanchawad' (gun culture) is running in their veins," Yogi Adityanath said in a tweet in Hindi without taking any name. Earlier, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra had also attacked Yadav over the issue, saying this shows his mindset and he should tender an apology to the country for the comments which show his love for Pakistan. "What the SP president has said is very unfortunate and disappointing," Patra had remarked on Monday.

No CM can be saint, can't stay religious: Seer on Yogi Adityanath

A saint cannot be a chief minister as after taking the oath of secularism as a constitutional dignitary, he cannot stay "religious", a prominent seer said here on Monday,

Assembly elections: Will it be Adityanath vs Akhilesh Yadav in Eastern UP?

Clash of titans may spice up Purvanchal poll theatre

UP polls: CM Adityanath takes jibe at Mayawati, Akhilesh over Noida 'jinx'

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath visited Gautam Buddh Nagar on Wednesday and hit out at BSP supremo Mayawati and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav

UP Assembly election: CM Adityanath welcomes Aparna Yadav into BJP fold

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday welcomed Aparna Yadav, the younger daughter-in-law of Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav, in the BJP family.

People will remember handling of Covid by Yogi govt, says Owaisi

Reacting to criticism that AIMIM's participation will help the BJP win in Uttar Pradesh, Owaisi said "this accusation will continue to be there on me for my entire life"

Yogi Adityanath second UP CM to contest from Gorakhpur district

Yogi Adityanath, who has been declared BJP candidate from Gorakhpur, will be the second leader to contest from the district

UP polls: BJP meeting to discuss poll strategy, election manifesto today

BJP is scheduled to hold an important meeting on Monday in the national capital to discuss poll strategy and election manifesto for Uttar Pradesh polls.