Birthday wishes for a healthy life and dedicated public service poured in from various sections for Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who turned 50 on Saturday. While the chief minister is not known for celebrating his birthday as he is a saint. Akin to every year, this time too Yogi will hold meetings as usual without any celebratory event.
Several top leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh wished thee Chief Minister on his birthday. President Ram Nath Kovind and Vice President Venkaiah Naidu also called up the Chief Minister over phone and extended birthday greetings.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated Yogi Adityanath by tweeting, "He is working with a dedicated spirit for the development and public welfare of the state. It is our wish that Uttar Pradesh should progress progressively under his leadership. May God keep him healthy and may he live long."
Extending his best wishes to the CM, Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya tweeted, “Yogi Adityanath ji, a dynamic speaker and rich personality and successful Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Wish you a very happy birthday. Pray to Lord Shri Ramji that you may live long and always be healthy and happy."
Congratulating Yogi, another Deputy Chief Minister Dr. Dinesh Sharma posted, “'Happy Birthday to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ji, who has taken Uttar Pradesh on the path of progress, synonymous with good governance and development. God bless you with a long life. The state should touch new dimensions of progress under your leadership".
UP BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh also tweeted, "Dedicated to the all-round development of the state, Hindu Hriday Samrat, the most successful Chief Minister of the state, revered Mahant Yogi Adityanath ji, on his birthday. May Baba Gorakshanath keep you healthy and long."
Congress leader and former Union minister Jitin Prasad too tweeted to wish Yogi on his birthday.
Adityanath was born on June 5, 1972 in Panchur village of Yamkeshwar tehsil of Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand. He took oath as the 21st Chief Minister of UP on March 19, 2017, after a landslide victory of the BJP in 2017 Assembly elections. Yogi represented Gorakhpur Lok Sabha constituency on a BJP ticket for five times between 1998 and 2017. Yogi Adityanath is the successor of former Mahant Avaidyanath of Gorakhnath temple aand also founded Hindu Yuva Vahini - a social, cultural and nationalist group of Hindu youths.