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aSSembLy eLectionS 2022

Modi-Yogi rock UP

bJP creates new records as it retains power in uttar Pradesh, uttarakhand, manipur and goa

even as aaP sweeps Punjab. the victory in uP is the party’s biggest achievement and may set the
tone for 2024 general elections

OuR BuREAu time that Adityanath has been elected
as an MLA. Earlier, he had become
Lucknow/Ahmedabad
the chief minister the first time after
haratiya Janata Party (BJP) being elected as a Member of Leg-
retained power with impres- islative Council. When the BJP won
Bsive victories in Uttar Pradesh, the 2017 Assembly election, the party
Uttarakhand, and Manipur and is set chose him as the chief minister. After
to retain Goa too as its performance becoming the CM of the state, he kept
across different parts of the country 36 ministries under his direct control,
created new records and gave a big jolt including Home, Economics and Sta-
to Congress. In Punjab, Aam Aadmi tistics, Sainik Welfare, Home Guard,
Party (AAP) scored a smashing victo- Personnel and appointment, as well as
ry by getting over three-fourths seats Civil Defence.
in a multi-cornered contest. Before being sworn as UP chief
As the counting of votes for five minister in 2017, he was Gorakhpur
assembly polls began on Thursday, MP for five consecutive terms from
the BJP looked set to retain Uttar 1998 to 2017. At 26, Adityanath was
Pradesh and Uttarakhand and AAP the youngest Lok Sabha MP. He is
looked set to create a record in Pun- also the head priest of the Gora-
jab. The results turned as per the ex- khnath Math which is a Hindu temple
pectations of the party leaders. BJP in Gorakhpur.
won Uttarakhand by a two-thirds ma- Prime Minister Narendra Modi being garlanded by BJP leaders following party’s victory in four Prime Minister Narendra Modi
jority and is poised to reach the mark states (uttar Pradesh, uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa) Assembly elections, at party headquar- has always endorsed him by praising
in Uttar Pradesh also with its allies. ters, in Ahmedabad on Friday (ANI) his work as UP chief minister. PM
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Modi coined a new slogan on “UP
won the Gorakhpur Urban seat by ajwadi Party candidate Subhawati cluded UP Assembly election. plus Yogi bahut hai upyogi” (UP plus
over one lakh votes. SP leader Akh- Upendra Dutt Shukla, who secured Adityanath secured 1,65,499 Yogi is very useful). The Gorakhpur
ilesh Yadav won from Karhal by a 62,109 votes in the recently-con- votes in the elections. This is the first Sadar seat had also been a bastion
margin of over 67,000 votes. Sama- of the BJP, which the party had never
jwadi Party candidate Swami Prasad lost since 1967 since the days of the
Maurya, who was a minister in the Jan Sangh.
Yogi Adityanath government and re- Bucking the trend, Yogi Aditya-
signed from BJP weeks ahead of as- nath will be the first chief minister in
sembly polls, lost in Fazilnagar seat. the last 37 years to return to power
He lost to BJP’s Surendra Kumar after completing a full term in Uttar
Kushwaha by 45,014 votes. Pradesh. Adityanath is the first CM
With the BJP-led alliance set for a to return to power after Uttarakhand
thumping victory in Uttar Pradesh, it was carved out of Uttar Pradesh. Con-
will be the first time in over three de- gress stalwart Narayan Dutt Tiwari,
cades that an incumbent government aka ND Tiwari, was the last chief min-
will return to power in the electorally ister of undivided Uttar Pradesh to se-
crucial state. The party had won 312 cure consecutive terms in 1985, which
seats in the 2017 assembly polls. makes Yogi Adityanath first chief
Uttar Pradesh Chief Min- minister in 37 years to retain power in
ister Yogi Adityanath, a Uttar Pradesh.
monk-turned-politician, won his Yogi Adityanath created several
first-ever Assembly election by a Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) supporters celebrate during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s records as the party retained power in
margin of 1,03,390 from Gorakhpur roadshow in Ahmedabad on Friday (ANI) the electorally crucial Uttar Pradesh
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