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A blend of development and Hindutva: Tracking Yogi Aditynath's Parliament record

Yogi brought with him a mix of both development and Hindutva and this was the perfect blend for the BJP.

By Vicky
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One of the biggest news after the Bharatiya Janata Party won the Uttar Pradesh elections was the appointment of Yogi Adityanath as chief minister. Since taking over as the CM, he has made all the right noises and has been in the media for a considerable amount of time.

Yogi Adityanath

Questions were asked of the BJP after Yogi, a controversial person was appointed as CM of UP, the most populous state in the country. Yogi brought with him a mix of both development and Hindutva and this was the perfect blend for the BJP.

Yogi is a five-time MP and at the age of 44 has already made a mark in Indian politics. He has not been a back-bencher in Parliament. He has taken part is debates and has an impressive attendance.

As per prsindia.org, his attendance was 77 per cent. He has taken part in 57 debates and asked 284 questions. The detailed list of Yogi Adityanath's performance in the Lok Sabha0 can be found here:

A blend of Hindutva and development:

During his debates, he has focussed heavily on both issues concerning Hindus and development. He has raised issues such as river pollution and rising cases of encephalitis. On the one hand, he has focused on cow slaughter, protection of Hindu rights, protection for Hindu pilgrims, uniform civil code.

He also played a major role in the discussions on the Enemy Property Bill which was recently passed in Parliament. He has raised questions about the rise of the Islamic State and radicalisation.

On the other hand, most of his questions were directed at the health department. He raised questions such as corruption in medical bodies and what measures were being taken to control population explosion.

In this questions to the Home ministry, he asked about measures being taken to control the rise of the IS, radicalisation, extremism by Christian separatists as well.

Data would show that 8.5 per cent of his debates were related to the railway budget. Eleven per cent of his debates were focused around Hinduism. He sought to know what was being done about the facilities for Amarnath Yatris, the reorganisation of the Amarnath Shrine board, and also lifting the ban on the Kailash Manasasarovar Yatra to Nepal.

He also asked questions about pollution of Indian rivers. Five debates were around eradication of encephalitis and Japanese encephalitis. There were also five debates around central university status to the Gorakhpur University, the constituency he represents. He also took part in four debates on carving out a separate Poorvanchal state from eastern UP.

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