BJP sweeps Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari defeats Mamata in Bhabanipur
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has secured a historic victory in the West Bengal assembly elections, marking a significant political shift in eastern India.
Yogi Adityanath: Decoding the rise of UP chief minister
New Delhi,UPDATED: Mar 21, 2017 10:51 IST
Born as Ajay Singh Bisht in Garhwal of the then undivided Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath had a dramatic entry in public life in Gorakhpur some 23 years ago.
The priest-turned-leader Yogi Adityanath, shot to fame in Purvanchal politics as an angry young man.
During the UP Assembly election campaign, the BJP used him as a star campaigner in second half of the seven-phased polls as the theatre of electoral politics shifted towards eastern part of the state.
With Modi camping in Varanasi for the final two phases, Yogi's supporters made it sure that Purvanchal delivers maximum seats to the BJP to take it past 300-mark on its own.
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