Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath files nomination papers as a BJP candidate from Gorakhpur Urban assembly constituency on February 4. Adityanath was accompanied by Union Home Minister Amit Shah at the time of filing of papers. (Image: ANI)
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Before filing the election papers, Adityanath and other BJP candidates offered prayers at the Gorakhpur temple. The Gorakhpur seat is considered to be a stronghold for the UP CM. (Image: ANI)
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Shah heaped praise on Adityanath while addressing a rally ahead of the visit to the election office. The home minister applauded the chief minister for securing the state from mafia. "We had said that we will free western Uttar Pradesh from the mafia and have done what we told. Today no mafia in the entire Uttar Pradesh has the courage to do anything wrong. Mother and sisters are completely safe. In the last five years, there has been an exodus of mafia under the BJP rule,” Shah said. (Image: ANI)
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“Mafia of Uttar Pradesh is now only in three places. Either out of state or in jail or eager to become MLA in Akhilesh Yadav`s list. Our Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has done the work of straightening the mafia by turning it upside down," he added. (Image: ANI)
