BJP‘s fire brand leader Adityanath is currently serving his second term as the Chief Minister of India’s most populated state Uttar Pradesh. He first entered the Lok Sabha in 1998, representing the Gorakhpur constituency, and has been re-elected five times since then.

He was born on June 5, 1972, in a small town Panchur in Uttarakhand’s Pauri Garhwal district. He left the home to join the movement for the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya and became a disciple of Mahant Avaidyanath of Gorakhnath temple in Gorakhpur.

He also became the head priest of the Gorakhnath Math after the death of Mahant Avaidyanath. Yogi commenced his political journey in 1998 becoming the youngest MP from Gorakhpur. He was Gorakhpur MP for five consecutive terms from 1998 to 2017.

He became the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh in March 2017 and was later elected for the second term in 2022.

In addition to his political career, he holds the position of head priest at the Gorakhnath Math, a Hindu temple located in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. Yogi Adityanath has been associated with the BJP since his youth, and he began his political journey as a student leader in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) affiliate, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). He joined the BJP in 1991 and was first elected to the Lok Sabha in 1998.Yogi Adityanath is quote popular and vocal about Hindutva ideology. During his tenure as the Chief Minister and before that as a Member of Parliament, he has strongly advocated for cow protection and has expressed support for a nationwide ban on cow slaughter.Prior to his political career, Adityanath pursued a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and joined the Ayodhya Ram temple movement in the 1990s. At the age of 21, he renounced his family and became a disciple of Mahant Avaidyanath, the former high priest of Gorakhnath Math.

(Inputs from IANS)