AjaySinghNegiisNewCMofUP?

YogiAdityanathwasnamed
AjaybeforebeingMahant
BornonJune5,1972,inPanchurdistrictofGarhwalinUttarakhand,YogiAditynath'sactualnameis
AjaySinghNegi.
ByNithyaNair|Published:March18,20177:57PMIST
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VinodKhannadeath: 8reasonswhyUPis PICS:Jabalpur YogiAdityanath:7

Bollywoodactors, chantingYogi!Yogi Nizamuddin thingsyoushouldknow
sportsstars,politicians Adityanathsname MahakaushalExpress aboutUttarPradeshs
expresscondolencefor afterhetookoveras derailsatMahobain nextCMYogi
theloss! ChiefMinister! UttarPrdaesh22 Adityanath
injured!

YogiAdityanathhasbeenchosenasthenextChiefMinisterofUttarPradesh.Amidspeculationsand
rumors, Adityanaths name was announced as the 32nd Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. The
GorakhpurLokSabhaMPwasnamedastheCMatameetingofthenewlyelectedBJPlegislatorsin
Lucknow. Adityanaths name was proposed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suresh Khanna
andwassupportedbyUnionInformationandBroadcastingMinisterMVenkaiahNaidu.ThenewCM
designatewilltakehisoathtomorrowinfrontofseniorBJPleadersandsupporters.

WhatisYogiAdityanathsrealname?

The44yearoldisknownforhisfirebrandimageandisquitepopularineasternUttarPradesh.Born
onJune5,1972,inPanchurdistrictofGarhwalinUttarakhand,hisactualnameisAjaySinghNegi.
He was named Mahant Yogi Adityanath after he became the head priest of the Gorakhnath Mutt,
whichisafamousHindutempleinGorakhpur.HebecametheMahantYogiAdityanathinSeptember
2014afterthedeathofhisspiritualfather,MahantAvaidyanath.YogiAdityanathtobenewUPCM:
xXx fame Vin Diesel gets congratulatory messages on Twitter for being Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister!

WhatareYogiAdityanathsqualificationsandpublicworks?

Adityanathwhoisasciencegraduateisknownamonghisfollowersforhisfieryspeeches.Thenew
UP CM is also the founder of a rightist Hindu platform, Hindu Yuva Vahini. His speeches against
minoritieshavegarneredhimalotofcriticismsinthepast.Since1998,hehasbeenelectedasthe
LokSabhaMPfromGorakhpuruninterrupted.YogiAdityanathwhoisfromtheRajputcommunityalso
headstheGorakhnathMuttinGorakhpur.HispopularityalsoextendstoneighbouringNepalwherehe
has millions of followers. He also has a lot of followers in eastern UP. Yogi Adityanath is Uttar
PradeshChiefMinister:10thingstoknowaboutBJPsHindutvaCMforUP

AdityanathwillbesworninastheUttarPradeshChiefMinisteronSundayafternoon.PrimeMinister
NarendraModiandBJPPresidentAmitShahareexpectedtoattendtheoathtakingceremony.While
BJP state chief Keshav Prasad Maurya and Lucknow Mayor Dinesh Sharma will be sworn in as
deputyChiefMinisters.