Yogi Adityanath, originally a monk and the head priest of the Gorakhnath Math, entered politics in 1998 as a Member of Parliament (MP) from Gorakhpur. His growing influence and popularity, especially in Uttar Pradesh, led to his appointment as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 2017 by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after a landslide victory in the state elections.