Yogi Adityanath’s Background and Rise to Power by Véronique Bouillier

“…This article focuses on the person of the present Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Adityanath Yogi, and tries to contrast his political actions with his background as member of the Shaiva sect of the Nath Yogis. …”
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Politics in Gorakhpur since the 1920s: the making of a safe ‘Hindu’ constituency by Gellner, D

“…The sitting MP from 1998 to 2017, Yogi Adityanath, a Hindu monk, had one of the safest seats in India and won five parliamentary elections in a row, a career that culminated in his appointment as the BJP Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 2017. Adityanath was both an effective constituency MP and the head of a thriving Math (Hindu monastic temple). …”