Yogi Adityanath, the monk who continues to rule UP
Times of Bennett | Updated: Mar 10, 2022 16:31
By Saloni Singh
GreaterNoida : Yogi Adityanath is all set to continue as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh after leading the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) to a convincing victory at the hustings.
The BJP led the polls by 250 seats till 3 pm according to the data published by the Election Commission of India (ECI).Yogi Adityanath is also set to win the Gorakhpur Urban seat with a lead of up to 44,000 votes against the Samajwadi Party’s Subhawati Shukla and Azad Samaj Party’s Chandrashekar Azad Ravan.
Yogi Adityanath has also successfully ended what was dubbed as the jinx ofNoida , a political superstition that gained currency after 1988 when chief minister Vir Bahadur Singh was forced to resign only a few days after his visit to Noida.
Singh’s successor Narayan Dutt Tiwari lost power during the 1989 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election. Tiwari too had visited Noida during his term. These sequential electoral defeats furthered the superstition.
In November 2021, Yogi Adityanath, however, has stayed clear of the superstition. He dismissed the supposed ‘jinx’ by stating during the inauguration of the Jewar airport by PM Modi that, "My predecessors used to shy away from visiting this district (Noida, Gautam Buddh Nagar district) as their own life and position of power were more important to them."
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The BJP led the polls by 250 seats till 3 pm according to the data published by the Election Commission of India (ECI).
Yogi Adityanath has also successfully ended what was dubbed as the jinx of
Singh’s successor Narayan Dutt Tiwari lost power during the 1989 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election. Tiwari too had visited Noida during his term. These sequential electoral defeats furthered the superstition.
In November 2021, Yogi Adityanath, however, has stayed clear of the superstition. He dismissed the supposed ‘jinx’ by stating during the inauguration of the Jewar airport by PM Modi that, "My predecessors used to shy away from visiting this district (Noida, Gautam Buddh Nagar district) as their own life and position of power were more important to them."
