‘Ajay to Yogi Adityanath’, a graphical novel based on the life of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, has created history with its launch at 67 locations, with the last launch held in Bengaluru.

Shantanu Gupta, the author of this bestselling book, said that the novel based on the life of Yogi Adityanath had so far been launched in eight states, namely, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh and Assam.

He said that the novel had been introduced in 29 locations within Uttar Pradesh and seven locations in the National Capital Region. An inaugural event marked its simultaneous release on June 5 this year coinciding with the 51st birthday of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, at over 51 venues across 25 districts in Uttar Pradesh.

Furthermore, this novel has earned a place in the Asia Book of Records for achieving the highest number of launches.

Gupta depicts the journey of Yogi Adityanath right from the days of struggle to a successful public life.

‘Ajay to Yogi Adityanath’ is actually the voyage of Ajay Singh Bisht, a young boy born in the hinterland of Uttarakhand along with six other siblings. His father, Anand Singh Bisht, was a junior forest officer and mother, Savitri Devi, was a housewife. Since childhood, Ajay was fond of taking care of the family, cows, listening to stories of freedom fighters and participating in school debates. They all lived in a small house in a remote village named Panchur, presently in Uttarakhand. From here Ajay became the mahant of Gorakhnath math, and then moved ahead to become the youngest member of the Indian Parliament and later the chief minister of the most populous state of the country,” he said.