Yogi Adityanath: Yogi Adityanath took oath as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (UP) for his second term in office.

Overview:

• He was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Anandiben Patel at Lucknow’s Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and other central ministers.
• Brajesh Pathak and Keshav Prasad Maurya also took oath as the Deputy Chief Ministers in the new government.
• The Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government created history with its comeback as no other CM has been able to repeat a government in the state in 37 years.
• The BJP-led NDA secured 274 seats out of 403, becoming the first party in over three decades to form a government for a second consecutive time in the state.
• The Congress had returned to power with a majority in the state 37 years ago.
• After this, CM Yogi Adityanath has not just made history by completing five successful years of governance but by also returning to power with a thumping majority.
• He has become the first such BJP leader to become the CM for the second consecutive term.

Background:

• In the 2017 Assembly elections, Adityanath was chosen as the Chief Minister by BJP after winning the poll.
• After becoming the CM of the state, he kept 36 ministries under his direct control, including Home, Economics and Statistics, Home Guard, Sainik Welfare, Personnel and appointment, as well as Civil Defence.
• Before being sworn as UP chief minister in 2017, he was Gorakhpur MP for five consecutive terms from 1998 to 2017.

About Yogi Adityanath:

• Yogi Adityanath was born on June 5, 1972, in a village in Uttarakhand.
• He was named Ajay Singh Bisht by his parents.
• He left home to join the movement for the construction of Ram Temple and became a disciple of Mahant Avaidyanath of Gorakhnath Temple in Gorakhpur.
• He commenced his political journey in 1998 becoming the youngest MP from Gorakhpur.