Yogi Adityanath: Emphatic election victory boosts hardline monk’s credentials as ‘the next Modi’ By claiming an historic victory in elections for India’s biggest state, former Hindu ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, speaks with Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh state Yogi Adityanath during an election campaign rally in Meerut, India. (Altaf Qadri/AP) The year was 2007 ...

A highly controversial figure, Yogi Adityanath is loved and loathed in equal measure. To his followers, he's a holy man, a Hindu icon, a "reincarnation of the gods, a God himself".

Yogi Adityanath took oath today as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister for the second time, after smashing a 37-year-record. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP Chief Ministers and allies like Nitish Kumar ...

Along with PM Narendra Modi, Yogi Adityanath helmed the BJP’s campaign in Uttar Pradesh.With a five-year term as chief minister of India’s most politically significant state between 2017 and ...

Five years ago, Yogi Adityanath was described as "BJP's tomorrow". Age is on his side - at 49, he's 20 years younger than Mr Modi - and many have wondered if in time, he could lay a claim to the ...