# Yogi Adityanath

Yogi Adityanath (born 5 June 1972) is an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party and a Hindu priest. He is currently serving as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.

## Quotes

* When I ask them to rise and protect our Hindu culture, they obey. If I ask for blood, they will give me blood.
** On his followers, as quoted in "When I Ask Them To Rise And Protect Our Hindu Culture, They Obey Me". 14 February 2009.
* I welcome the Supreme Court verdict. When the Bill is brought in Parliament, I will oppose it. I oppose any move to decriminalise homosexuality and endorse Ramdev's comments.
** Opposing the decriminalization of homosexuality, as quoted in "Homosexuality is an unnatural act and cannot be supported: BJP". News18. 14 Dec 2013.
* Sun has never deprived anyone of its light and energy irrespective of their caste and religion. Despite this, if it is being linked to communalism then I request such people to stay in their rooms during the day without sunlight.
** On religious groups claiming that Surya Namaskar would cause communal disharmony, as quoted in "People opposed to 'Surya Namaskar' should lock themselves in 'dark room': Yogi Adityanath". Zee News. 9 June 2015. .
* I believe that the word secular is the biggest lie since Independence. Those that have given birth to this lie and those that use it should apologise to the people and this country. No system can be secular. Political system can be sect-neutral. If someone were to say that government has to be run by one way of prayer, that is not possible. In UP, I have to look at 22 crore people and I am answerable for their security and their feelings. But I am not sitting here to ruin one community either. You can be sect-neutral but not secular.
** On secularism, as quoted in "Secular word is the biggest lie, says Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath". The Indian Express. 14 November 2017.
* Distorting history is no less a crime than sedition.
** A quoted in "Secular word is the biggest lie, says Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath". The Indian Express. 14 November 2017.
* Sanatana Dharma is the only religion, the rest are all sects and methods of worship. Sanatan is the religion of humanity and if it is attacked then there will be a crisis for humanity across the globe.
** On religions and sects, as quoted in "Sanatana Dharma only religion, rest all sects: Yogi Adityanath". India Today. 3 October 2023.
* "Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had said that the first right over the resources of the country is of Muslims. If Muslims have the first right, where will the Scheduled Castes, Jats, Gujjars and other people go," Adityanath said.
** PTI / Apr 3, 2019

## Quotes about Adityanath

* In the 80's Ashish Bose had coined the term BiMaRU, for the four states of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, owing to their abysmal socio-economic indicators. Since then Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh have catapulted themselves out of the status of being diseased or BiMaRU. Bihar seemed right on track once, to come out of it, but now looks trapped again in the chakravyuh of kidnapping, nepotism and failed law and order with the re-entry of Lalu Prasad Yadav in Bihar politics. The state of Uttar Pradesh was, however, still screaming for development and the SP & BSP have failed miserably to live up to the mandate of the people of Uttar Pradesh for the last 15 years. Even without access to all these macro data and facts, the people of Uttar Pradesh daily lived and observed the pathetic condition of their state. They heard 'Kam Bolta Hai' rhetoric in Akhilesh Yadav's rallies, but while going back home from the rally, they faced bad roads, bad traffic, lawlessness, lack of electricity in their houses, corruption in the process for government jobs selection and no future for their children. It is evident that when the people of Uttar Pradesh voted for BJP, they have voted for aspirations, for a better future for their children and for a prosperous Uttar Pradesh. New Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has huge expectations to fulfill.
** Shantanu Gupta (10 September 2017). The Monk Who Became Chief Minister: The Definitive Biography Of Yogi Adityanath. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 25–26. ISBN 978-93-86606-18-1.