New work culture in UP under Yogi effect.

Uttar Pradesh Government offices wake up to new work culture.

Shailvee Sharda| TNN | Lucknow |  Mar 30, 2017

Officialdom in the city of nawabs is beginning to give up its nawabi habits.

Its bureaucrats are gradually substituting paan and gutka with chewing gum and toffees. And they're beginning to arrive at work on time. At 9.30am on Wednesday, there was no place to park the car on the main campus of the secretariat.

"Full attendance hai, Sahib... babu log kaam chalu kar diye hain... isliye parking full hai," remarks a guard at gate number 7. This was not so barely 10 days ago, in a place infamous for set-piece replies like, "Sahib lunch ke baad ayenge (sahib will arrive after lunch)", and "Aao chalo chai pi ke aate hain (come, let's go for a cup of tea)".

A peon at the secretariat was pulled up on Wednesday by a bureaucrat as soon as he fished out a pouch of "paan masala", and was reminded of the ban on chewing tobacco+ in government offices. The man sheepishly returned the pouch to his pocket.

Another employee, a peon in the new Vidhan Bhavan building, said gutka and paan masala lovers were switching to chewing gum and toffees. "The best part is people no longer throw the wrapper around, they put it into their pockets," he said.

The state forest department has even put up posters in its corridors that say "Aap camere ki nazar mein hain. Gutka khane par Rs 1,000 fine lagega (you're on camera. Chewing gutka will attract a fine of Rs 1,000)." Most office premises appear cleaner. Corners stained with paan and gutka spittle have become history.

Attendance is up after the CM Yogi Adityanath+ urged bureaucrats to be ready to work 18-20 hours a day, warning them not to take home official files. A biometric attendance recording system for government offices is also in the offing.

"Whether my room has been cleaned properly or not is the first thing that I see," said UP minister of state for water resources Upendra Tiwari. He makes sure he reaches office before 9.30 am and has directed his staff to ensure that files are kept in order and that no dust is allowed to settle.

UP Cabinet minister SPS Baghel has directed his staff to give up chewing paan masala. In other offices, ministers are trying to set examples.

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Courtesy: TOI.

'UP Meat Traders Support CM Yogi Adityanath'

UP Meat Traders Support CM Yogi Adityanath, Says Minister After Meeting

NDTV Online Desk / LUCKNOW/ March 30, 2017 

Days after the crackdown on illegal slaughterhouses, the striking meat traders of Uttar Pradesh had a meeting with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath this evening. While the four-day old strike was not immediately called off, the traders hinted at a positive decision, saying an announcement will be made after internal meetings.

After the meeting, state minister Siddharth Nath Singh said the meat traders have supported the Chief Minister and said as citizens of India it was their "duty" to see that nothing illegal is allowed.

The meat traders have been on a strike in protest against the police action, which allegedly didn't spare traders who were selling chicken and fish. After a chorus of protests and media reports, the Chief Minister had clarified that action was to be taken only against slaughterhouses that were operating illegally -- without proper permissions.

The government's move has found support from the All India Meat Association, which has hailed the Chief Minister for following his "raj dharma".

"Meat traders were subjected to injustice by the BSP and SP governments," Haji Shakeel Qureshi, the representative of All India Meat Association and All India Meat and Livestock Exporters' Association  was quoted as saying by news agency Press Trust of India.

"The new chief minister is following his raj dharma (the duty of a ruler), and it is wrong to comment on the one who is pursuing his raj dharma... He is trying to bring the system back on track and needs to be thanked," he said.

Action, he said, is being taken only against illegal slaughterhouses and there is no report of action against any legal abattoir, he said.

Courtesy: NDTV.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath personally felicitated each BJP functionary for a great win in UP.

UP BJP team gets thank-you gift and kind words from Yogi Adityanath for party's grand win.

Aman Sharma, ET Bureau, New Delhi,  Mar 31, 2017

Yogi Adityanath has showered kind words and thank-you gifts on each of about 115 functionaries of the BJP in UP for their contribution to the party's thumping win in the recent assembly election which led to his anointment as chief minister. 

Thirty-five members, including senior functionaries such as deputy chief ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma, and the party's general secretary (organisation) Sunil Bansal, have got a Samsung smartphone worth Rs 8,000 apiece and a saffron shawl as a token of appreciation from the CM. Eighty other middle and lower-level functionaries, including the party's state spokespersons who were a regular fixture in TV debates, have got a Titan watch worth about Rs 3,000 and a white shawl each from the CM. 

"He personally felicitated each party functionary on Wednesday as soon as he stepped into the CM's official residence at 5, KD Marg, saying he was here only due to the hard work done by the party members in UP," a senior BJP functionary told ET. 

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Courtesy: Economic Times.

CM Yogi Adityanath gets Z Plus security, joins elite club of 450 VIPs.

TNIE Online Desk | New Delhi, March 30, 2017

The Centre has accorded the top category 'Z+' VVIP armed security cover to newly-appointed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The cover will be provided by a special commando team of the CISF along with a small contingent of the Uttar Pradesh police.

"The Chief Minister's security has been bolstered and he will now be secured by a strong team of CISF commandos everytime he moves across the country. A similar commando contingent will be deployed at his official residence," a senior officer said.

As part of the new and upgraded security paraphernalia, Adityanath will have about 25-28 commandos accompanying him with sophisticated weapons at all times he is mobile and his convoy will have pilot and escort vehicles armed with jammers. The review in security category of Adityanath comes after the Intelligence Bureau’s threat perception report flagged upgradation of his protective cover.

Under the 'Y' cover, he was accompanied by about 2-3 commandos when he travelled, officials said. A Central Industrial Security Force squad from its Special Security Group (SSG) has recently taken charge of his security in Lucknow, they said.

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CM Yogi Adityanath’s first address to Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha.

Yogi Adityanath’s first address 

to Vidhan Sabha as UP CM.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addressed the state assembly for the first time since taking oath as the CM.

FE Online | March 30, 2017, Lucnow

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addressed the state assembly for the first time since taking oath as the CM. Addressing the Vidhan Sabha, Yogi Adityanath said that no community in the state would be discriminated against as the government and the opposition will work united, towards public welfare. He further also congratulated independent MLA, Hriday Narayan Dixit on becoming the speaker of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly. He then spoke to the BJP MLAs and ministers in the state and their use of the red light on government vehicles. Adityanath acknowledged that these leaders were in charge of the 22 crore people of Uttar Pradesh and thus were entitled to a few privileges but they were to use these privileges with caution.

He said that the government officials and ministers could use the red light on their vehicles for official purposes but not when they were travelling with their family or for personal use. He further said that the public representatives must use the power and privilege allotted to them by the government with care and caution. He further added that no family or friends of these government officials, ministers, MLAs etc would interfere in the government activities in the state. Before coming to the Vidhan Sabha for the address, the CM had met with all BJP leaders and asked them not to strongarm the police or the public. The police have also been asked to stay away from commenting on social media.Although Yogi Adityanath’s ascension to the throne of the Chief Minister of the largest state in India came as a surprise/shock to many, the CM, since taking his oath has set upon a path to fulfil all the poll promises that Bhartiya Janata Party had made during the election campaign. Although certain promises such as the ban on illegal slaughterhouses and the introduction of Anti-Romeo squads have received a mixed response from the public. All the slaughterhouse owners in the state have gone on an indefinite strike after the government implemented the ban. Similarly, the Anti-Romeo squads have been accused of moral policing despite senior police officials’ repeated warnings.

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Courtesy: Financial Express & Zee News.

The Muslim who embraced Nath Sect and became Adityanath's gurubhai.

The Muslim who became Adityanath's gurubhai and Mahant of Bisnagar Yogi Math.

Bharat Yagnik| TNN | Mar 28, 2017, Ahmadabad

Aditya Nath Yogi , recently appointed chief minister of Uttar Pradesh , has a close Gujarat connection apart from his ties with PM Narendra Modi. The erstwhile mahant of a math (ashram) of Nath sampradaya in Visnagar, Mahant Gulabnath Bapu, who was born as a Muslim with the name Gul Mohammad Pathan, was the 'gurubhai' of today's UP CM, considered a Hindu hardliner.

Mahant Avaidyanath , the guru of Aditya Nath, was also the guru of Gulabnath Bapu. Their relation was so strong that when Gulabnath, 86, breathed his last, Aditya Nath came to Visnagar, Gujarat, to perform his last rites on December 6, 2016, and he also appointed the new mahant of the math, Sankarnath. The math runs temples and annakshetra (place providing free meals) in Visnagar and Vadgam.

Gulabnath had taken diksha at the age of 18 from Mahant Balaknath at Vadgam.

"Bapu was the sixth generation in guru-shishya lineage. His association with Mahant Avaidyanath of Gorakhpur math and guru of Aditya Nath Yogi+ was very old due to the dynamics of Nath sampradaya." said Sankarnath, the newly appointed mahant of the Visnagar math. 

"Bapu also considered Avaidyanath his guru and thus he considered Aditya Nath as his gurubhai," Sankarnath said.

"Bapu was invited to Gorakhpur for every major event. When he went there last year, Aditya Nath had him felicitated by PM Narendra Modi," said Shankarnath.

Aditya Nath visits the math at Visnagar at least 2-3 times annually, said Shankarnath, adding that any Gujarat visit by the yogi starts from Visnagar.

"Yogi used to phone regularly to get updates on Bapu's health. It is not just about the Nath sampradaya connection as there are other places in Gujarat with presence of the sampradaya, but he feels connected to this place," Sankarnath added.

Mahant Sankarnath has high hopes about the UP CM.

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Yogi effect on Jharkhand, State orders strict ban on illegal abattoirs.

Now BJP Govt in Jharkhand bans illegal slaughter houses.

Preetam Singhania | HENB | Ranchi | Mar 28, 2017:: Now, Yogi effect is seen  in Jharkhand as the state rrdered to ban all illegal abattoirs. Days after the Aditya Nath Yogi government’s crackdown on illegal slaughterhouses in Uttar Pradesh, another BJP-ruled state, Jharkhand, decided to ban all illegal slaughterhouses in the state on Monday. The slaughterhouses were given 72 hours to shut their illegal businesses if they failed to obtain licence from relevant authorities.

SKG Rahate, principal secretary, home, issued an order to all deputy commissioners and SPs along with authorities of municipal corporations, municipalities and notified area committees to ensure that the closure was effected immediately. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, that has issued licences to 62 abattoirs across the country, has not issued the same to even one unit in the state.

None of the country’s 75 approved abattoirs-cum-meat processing plants or 34 approved meat processing units have permission from the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority to operate. The Ranchi Municipal Corporation has, however, issued licenses to some slaughterhouses.

“Keeping in view safety and health of the general public, steps may immediately be taken for closure of illegal slaughterhouses. The principal secretary said that proper rules and regulations are already in place, issued by the department of animal husbandry, municipal bodies and health department,” the order stated.

With the issuance of the order, people engaged in the sale of goat meat or chicken will have to obtain licences from municipal bodies while those involved in slaughter of cows and buffaloes would have to close their “illegal” business. In 2004-05, the Jharkhand government had banned slaughter of cow and buffalo, violation of which invited imprisonment up to 10 years and a fine of Rs 10,000.

Ranchi Municipal Corporation deputy mayor Sanjeev Vijayvargiya said most abattoirs didn’t have a valid licence, and killing, selling or possessing cow meat was done in violation of the law.

Jharkhand is the seventh state where illegal slaughter has been banned under state legislature in the BJP regime there. Earlier, Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh.

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Courtesy: HINDU EXISTENCE.

Being CM, Bigger Responsibility Resumed: CM Adityanath.

Yogi Adityanath Reminds People Of 'Certain Responsibilities' In Gorakhpur.

 Kamal Khan, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | NDTV, March 26, 2017, New Delhi

At a shelter built for cows in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath sent a veiled warning to the people who sent him to Parliament for five consecutive times that they had "certain responsibilities" and needed to progress towards development. The words were yet another emphasis on the message of "discrimination towards none and development for all" that Yogi Adityanath -- seen for years as the BJP's mascot of Hindutva -- has been sending out since he was picked for the state's top job.

"The people of Gorakhpur have elected me repeatedly. However, the people have certain responsibilities too," the Chief Minister said in what was seen as a message advising restraint to his supporters. "There will be no discrimination with anyone... society will develop along with everyone. We all will progress toward a new development together," he added.

Yesterday, on his first visit to the place that has been his home since his teens, he had said, Josh mein aake hosh nahi khona chahiye" (Don't get carried away by the victory)". The priest-turned politician had pointed out that any move seen as an excess will be used by the opposition parties to scuttle Prime Minister Narendra Modi's development agenda.  

Gorakhpur has been the stronghold of the saffron-robed priest, who had taken charge of the huge temple and its charitable activities while in his 20s. But he and his followers have often been in news over various controversies. Yesterday, Yogi  Adityanath delivered a strong message that said now all will be treated as equals -- no distinction will be made on basis of "jaati" (caste), "mazhab" (religion) or "ling" (gender).

"There will be development for all but appeasement of none," he had said, in a dig at the erstwhile Samajwadi Party government, who were often accused of appeasing the minorities.

The Chief Minister -- for whom a visit to Gorakhpur temple's "gaushala" or cowsheds was a part of morning rituals -- has already asked the police to crack down on illegal slaughterhouses.

While the promise to shut illegal slaughterhouses was one made in the BJP manifesto, the overzealousness of the police had resulted in focus on all abattoirs, some of which got sealed on grounds as varied as lack of permit to draw groundwater and dysfunctional CCTV cameras.

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Courtesy: NDTV.

Patrons of Criminal may leave Uttar Pradesh: CM Adityanath Yogi.

Those who give patronage to criminals have the option of leaving UP, warns CM Adityanath.

PTI | Mar 26, 2017, Gorakhpur

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister AdityanathYogi on Sunday urged the people help him break the negative image of the state and hinted at strong measures to ensure law and order.

"For the past few years Uttar Pradesh has been defined as a state from whose boundaries begins darkness, from where the pot-holed roads begin and the place from where the women start to feel insecure. I was to break this mindset," he said, and added that he wants to make UP a place, where women feel safe and secure.

Adityanath said, "I would like to assure that in the next two months, people would come to know how a state government should work. I have got an opportunity to clean-up the mess (kachdaa saaf karne kaa maukaa milaa hai), and I will do it."

The UP chief minister gave out a stern message to the anti-social elements and criminals in the state.

"There is no place for those who give patronage to the goonda elements, mafia, criminal and other rogue elements. They have the option of leaving UP or else they would land in places designated for them (jails)," he said, while hinting at massive revamping of law and order.

Underscoring the need for improved work culture, the Uttar Pradesh chief minister also said people who were prepared to work for 18-20 hours a day are "most welcome" to join him, the rest are free to leave.

"Time has come that we should work 18-20 hours a day. There no time for any entertainment (mauj masti)," he said.

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Courtesy: TOI.

Will follow ‘sabka saath, sabka vikas’ but there won’t be any appeasement: Yogi Adityanath in Gorakhpur.

The end of politics of appeasement era in the realm of Hindutva Upsurge  in Uttar Pradesh.

Development of all, but appeasement of none on the basis of caste, religion or gender: Yogi Adityanath elaborates his 'Hindutva Mantra' in Gorakhpur.

Sumit Avasthi | HENB  | Gorakhpur | March 25, 2017

The Modi-Yogi combination in UP has declared the era of political appeasement in the realm of Hindutva Upsurge.

In his first public speech as the Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Yogi Adityanath said on Saturday that his government will work for the development of all and there will be no discrimination on the grounds of religion, caste or gender in the state in the line of Modi Govt in the center.

“We will follow “sabka saath, sabka vikas” mantra of PM Modi,” Yogi Adityanath said, adding that there will be no attempt to “appease” any section of the population.

“We will show UP how a government should be run. How it should treat a common man,” the UP CM said while addressing a huge gathering at Gorakhpur’s Maharana Pratap Inter College.

Yogi Adityanath is on his maiden two-day tour to Gorakhpur after becoming the chief minister.

He also claimed that the newly formed BJP government will fulfill all promises made in the election manifesto.

“Uttar Pradesh has been deprived till now, but it won’t be neglected now,” Yogi said.

He also spoke about the anti-Romeo squads adding that they will not harass couples sitting together but will target those who harass women in public places, schools and colleges.

He added that UP would become a developed state. He promised to work for all of Uttar Pradesh and said that people should not take the law into their own hands.

Adityanath also announced a government subsidy of Rs 1 lakh for healthy pilgrims who want to go on the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra.

Yogi paid obeisance at the temples and performed a road show in the city.

On Friday, Adityanath had visited the Dalit gang-rape and acid attack victim at King George’s Medical University (KGMU) in Lucknow. He also gave a cheque of Rs one lakh as compensation to the victim’s husband and directed the police officials to immediately nab the accused and initiate strict action against the guilty.

Earlier in the week, Adityanath had launched ‘Anti-Romeo’ squads to check on sexual assaults and harassment in public areas, ordered to shut down of illegal slaughter houses and also banned the use of pan masala and tobacco in the government premises in the state.

After being assigned the charge of India’s most politically-crucial state, Adityanath assured that Uttar Pradesh would soon be considered as the supreme state in the country.

Earlier, on Monday, the priest-turned-politician directed all state government officers to declare their income and assets (movable and immovable) within 15 days.

He had ordered all his ministers to do the same after being sworn-in as the Chief Minister on Sunday.

The Yogi Govt in Uttar Pradesh is earnest to fulfill all the promises as it delivered in the BJP manifesto for assembly election 2017.

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Courtesy: HINDU EXISTENCE.

Adityanath tells PWD to make UP roads pothole free by June 15.

Make UP roads pothole free by June 15, Yogi Adityanath tells PWD.

PTI | Mar 25, 2017, Gorakhpur

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday directed officials of the public works department (PWD) to make all state roads pothole free by June 15, 2017.

In Gorakhpur, which was his first public appearance after taking over as the state's chief minister, Adityanath declared that he had told the PWD officials to ensure that there are no potholes in the roads of the state by June 15.

The state had lagged on the development front during the regimes of the previous governments, he said. 

An official statement released in Lucknow said that chief minister gave the instructions to make UP roads pothole free at a review meeting of PWD.

He also asked the officials to complete all works and projects within the prescribed time frame on a priority basis.

Adityanath also asked the officials to prepare a work plan to extend better facilities to the people residing in rural areas.

The chief minister asked for adopting e-tendering so as to make the system more transparent and corruption free.

He underlined the need to keep tainted firms and contractors having mafia, criminal and corrupt image away from departmental works and instead give an opportunity to those with clean image who can ensure qualitative work.

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Courtesy: TOI.

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