Biography of Yogi Adityanath Ji

•Mahanth Yogi Adityanath was born as Ajay Singh, 5 June 1972.

•He is an Indian politician and a priest.

•Yogi Adityanath comes from a Rajput family.

•He is a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament.

•He has represented Gorakhpur in the Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian Parliament) since 1998.

•Adityanath is the Mahant or head priest of the Gorakhnath Mutt in Gorakhpur.

•After the death of his spiritual "father" Mahant Avaidyanath in September 2014.

•He is also the founder of the Hindu Yuva Vahini, a social, cultural and nationalist group of youth who seek to provide rights Hindu platform.

•Adityanath was the youngest member of the 12th Lok Sabha at 26 of age.

•He has been elected as an MP from Gorakhpur to the Lok Sabha in the 1998, 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014 elections.

•He holds a B.Sc from the H.N.B. Garhwal University in Srinagar, Uttarakhand.

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•During the intolerance debate in the media, Adityanath compared Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan to Pakistani terrorist Hafiz Saeed. He said, Shah Rukh Khan should remember that majority population of the Country made him the Star, and if they boycot his films, he will also have to wander on streets. It is unfortunate SRK is speaking the same language that of Hafiz Saeed.

•On 3 January 2016, one day after an assault on an Indian air force base in Pathankot, Adityanath blamed the assault on Pakistan, claiming -The Pathankot attack has once again proved that Satan could change for the better but Pakistan cannot.


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