Yogi Adityanath has made history by winning the political seat for the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for the second consecutive time. Mohit Bansal Chandigarh talks about his life journey from a common man to the CM of Uttar Pradesh. https://mohitbansalchandigarh.in/yogi-adityanath-revolution-from-a-common-man-to-a-monk-to-the-cm-of-uttar-pradesh/

1. R E V O L U T I O N F R O M A C O M M O N M A N T O A M O N K
T O T H E C M O F U T T A R P R A D E S H
YOGI ADITYANATH

2. Read newspapers, turn on your TV news, or open
Youtube app on your mobile phone, the breaking
news everywhere is about Yogi Adityanath. Yogi
Adityanath has made history by winning the
political seat for the Chief Minister of Uttar
Pradesh for the second consecutive time. He is
from Bharatiya Janta Party, the party of our
Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. While everybody
is interested to know about his victory and
reactions, I am curious about his roots.
Yogi Adityanath was born on 5th June 1972 in
Panchur or Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand,
India. His name was Ajay Singh Bisht before he
became a monk. His father was a forest ranger
and his mother was a housewife. There are 4
siblings in the family, including him. He has
completed his bachelor’s degree in mathematics
from the Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna University of
Uttarakhand.

3. He always had those leadership qualities, from a
very young age. During his college period, he was
a member of the students’ council. He was an
honest patriot and a strict follower of the Hindu
religion. In 1990, the historic incident of Ram
Mandir and Babri Masjid took place. As he was in
favor of the Ram mandir, he was a part of the
Ayodhya Ram Mandir movement. He met Mahant
Avaidyanath during this period, who was the head
priest of the Gorakhnath math. He was so
inspired by the mahant that he left his home and
started to follow Avaidyanath to any extent.
Avaidyanath was shocked to see his dedication
towards the Hindu religion and Avaidyanath
himself. Ajay became a disciple of the priest,
Avaidyanath. The priest, then, entitled him with a
new name, “Yogi Adityanath”. After becoming a
devotee of him, Yogi Adityanath indulged in many
religious works. Avaidyanath made him familiar
with all the tasks of a priest and in 1994 declared
him to be his successor in the Nath community of
the Math.

4. Avaidyanath was a member of politics in those times.
As a chief, he also influenced Yogi Adityanath into
the political world. Priest Avaidyanath dead in 1998
and Yogi Ji became the main or the chief priest at
the Gorakhnath math. In the same year, he was
elected to the Lower House of the Parliament. He
became the youngest member of the 12th Lok Sabha.
He started a group of young people known as “Hindu
Yuva Vahini”.
He was a part of the Lok Sabha Parliament in 1998,
1999, 2000, 2004, 2009, and 2014. In the year, 2017 he
was a BJP campaigner for the seat of Chief Minister of
Uttar Pradesh. He won the elections and became a
Chief Minister of the State. He was quite a strict Chief
Minister and brought about new moral laws for the
betterment of UP. He is a loyal follower of the Hindu
religion and so, he changed UP. He changed the laws
related to the killing and consumption of cow meat,
tobacco products, and banned porn, a revolution in
historical cases like ‘love jihad’, ‘teen talaq’ was
carried out because of him. He made rigorous laws
about rapes, harassment, and molestations. Even many
police officers were suspended because of not
following the protocols.

5. Even if he is a monk or Yogi, he is rigid about his
opinions. He has no great bond with many political
figures. But, because of the revolution, he brought in
Up, people have become a fan of Yogi Adityanath. This
is the reason, he has become the CM of UP even in
2022. And today, he took the inspirational oath as a
Chief Minister.