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NEW DELHI: With the BJP’s landslide in the Uttar Pradesh assembly election and chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s imminent win from Gorakhpur (Urban) seat, a number of records have been created.
BJP and Adityanath are on their way to create at least seven records as counting of votes was undertaken on Thursday.
1. Yogi Adityanath first CM to complete tenure and win a second term
The first assembly of Uttar Pradesh – India’s most populous state – was constituted on May 20, 1952. The state has seen 21 CMs in about 70 years. Adityanath is in line to become the first chief minister in 70 years of UP’s electoral history to complete a full tenure of five years and go on to win a second consecutive term.
2. Yogi Adityanath is fifth CM to win a second consecutive term
Only five CMs, including Adityanath, have won a second consecutive term in UP ever. The four CMs before him to do so were Sampurnananda in 1957, Chandrabhanu Gupta in 1962, Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna in 1974 and Narayan Dutt Tiwari in 1985.
3. First CM to retain power in 37 years
ND Tiwari of the Congress was CM of undivided UP in 1985 when the state went to election. The Congress won and so did Tiwari who went on to retain the post for the second term in a row. Since then, no CM has succeeded in retaining the CM’s chair for a second consecutive term. Adityanath is the first CM to do so since then.
4. First BJP CM to return to power
UP has seen four BJP CMs so far. Before Adityanath, Kalyan Singh, Ram Prakash Gupta and defence minister Rajnath Singh occupied the post. However, none of them could retain office for a second consecutive term. Adityanath is the first BJP CM to do so.
5. First MLA CM in 15 years
When Adityanath takes oath as chief minister for a second consecutive term, he will become the first MLA (member of legislative assembly) CM in 15 years. Before him, Mayawati was an MLC (member of legislative council) as CM between 2007 and 2012. Akhilesh Yadav was also an MLC when he was CM between 2012 and 2017. When he became CM, Adityanath was a Lok Sabha MP. After taking over, he too chose to become an MLC instead of getting an MLA to vacate an assembly seat and become an MLA within six months of assuming office. In the process, he became the fourth MLC CM of UP. Ram Prakash Gupta, also of the BJP, was the first MLC CM of the state in November 1999.
Adityanath was a five-term Lok Sabha MP from Gorakhpur when he was elected CM with the BJP coming to power with a resounding victory, winning 312 of the 403 assembly seats in 2017. Along with its two allies, the Anupriya Patel-headed Apna Dal and OP Rajbhar-led Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party, the NDA won 325 seats.
At the moment, two CMs – Nitish Kumar in Bihar and Uddhav Thackeray in Maharashtra – are MLCs.
6. Third CM to complete tenure
Adityanath has already registered a record in his name. Of the 21 CMs in 70 years, only three have completed the full tenure of five years. Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati was the first one (2007-2012) and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav the second (2012-2017).
7. First CM to break Noida jinx
The “Noida jinx” is a feared phenomenon in UP politics.
The residential-cum-industrial city of Noida, which stands for New Okhla Industrial Development Authority, is a satellite town of the national capital Delhi and a city in the Gautam Buddh Nagar district of UP.
According to the Noida jinx, whichever CM visits the city during his/her tenure loses the next election or does not complete his/her term. However, both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Adityanath ignored the superstition and visited Noida to inaugurate Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line on December 25, 2018.
Akhilesh Yadav had then commented that Modi and Adityanath would lose the next Lok Sabha and UP assembly elections respectively. However, while Modi won the 2019 Lok Sabha election and broke the jinx, Adityanath has also proven it wrong.
The Noida jinx became popular after the then UP CM Veer Bahadur Singh had to quit office in June 1988, a few days after he returned from the city. Singh’s successor ND Tiwari too lost the CM’s post after visiting Noida. Subsequently, CMs and other leaders started bypassing Noida.
Akhilesh’s father Mulayam Singh Yadav, Kalyan Singh and Rajnath Singh skipped visiting Noida when they were in office. As UP CM between October 2000 and March 2002, Rajnath Singh inaugurated the Delhi-Noida-Delhi (DND) Flyway from Delhi instead of Noida.
Similarly in May 2013, Akhilesh skipped the Asian Development Bank (ADB) summit organised in Noida in which former PM Manmohan Singh was the chief guest. He bypassed Noida again when he inaugurated the 165-km Yamuna Expressway from Lucknow instead of the industrial city. Mayawati as CM ignored the jinx by flying to Noida to inaugurate the Dalit Smarak Sthal in October 2011. She lost the 2012 assembly election.
BJP and Adityanath are on their way to create at least seven records as counting of votes was undertaken on Thursday.
1. Yogi Adityanath first CM to complete tenure and win a second term
The first assembly of Uttar Pradesh – India’s most populous state – was constituted on May 20, 1952. The state has seen 21 CMs in about 70 years. Adityanath is in line to become the first chief minister in 70 years of UP’s electoral history to complete a full tenure of five years and go on to win a second consecutive term.
2. Yogi Adityanath is fifth CM to win a second consecutive term
Only five CMs, including Adityanath, have won a second consecutive term in UP ever. The four CMs before him to do so were Sampurnananda in 1957, Chandrabhanu Gupta in 1962, Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna in 1974 and Narayan Dutt Tiwari in 1985.
3. First CM to retain power in 37 years
ND Tiwari of the Congress was CM of undivided UP in 1985 when the state went to election. The Congress won and so did Tiwari who went on to retain the post for the second term in a row. Since then, no CM has succeeded in retaining the CM’s chair for a second consecutive term. Adityanath is the first CM to do so since then.
4. First BJP CM to return to power
UP has seen four BJP CMs so far. Before Adityanath, Kalyan Singh, Ram Prakash Gupta and defence minister Rajnath Singh occupied the post. However, none of them could retain office for a second consecutive term. Adityanath is the first BJP CM to do so.
5. First MLA CM in 15 years
When Adityanath takes oath as chief minister for a second consecutive term, he will become the first MLA (member of legislative assembly) CM in 15 years. Before him, Mayawati was an MLC (member of legislative council) as CM between 2007 and 2012. Akhilesh Yadav was also an MLC when he was CM between 2012 and 2017. When he became CM, Adityanath was a Lok Sabha MP. After taking over, he too chose to become an MLC instead of getting an MLA to vacate an assembly seat and become an MLA within six months of assuming office. In the process, he became the fourth MLC CM of UP. Ram Prakash Gupta, also of the BJP, was the first MLC CM of the state in November 1999.
Adityanath was a five-term Lok Sabha MP from Gorakhpur when he was elected CM with the BJP coming to power with a resounding victory, winning 312 of the 403 assembly seats in 2017. Along with its two allies, the Anupriya Patel-headed Apna Dal and OP Rajbhar-led Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party, the NDA won 325 seats.
At the moment, two CMs – Nitish Kumar in Bihar and Uddhav Thackeray in Maharashtra – are MLCs.
6. Third CM to complete tenure
Adityanath has already registered a record in his name. Of the 21 CMs in 70 years, only three have completed the full tenure of five years. Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati was the first one (2007-2012) and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav the second (2012-2017).
7. First CM to break Noida jinx
The “Noida jinx” is a feared phenomenon in UP politics.
The residential-cum-industrial city of Noida, which stands for New Okhla Industrial Development Authority, is a satellite town of the national capital Delhi and a city in the Gautam Buddh Nagar district of UP.
According to the Noida jinx, whichever CM visits the city during his/her tenure loses the next election or does not complete his/her term. However, both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Adityanath ignored the superstition and visited Noida to inaugurate Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line on December 25, 2018.
Akhilesh Yadav had then commented that Modi and Adityanath would lose the next Lok Sabha and UP assembly elections respectively. However, while Modi won the 2019 Lok Sabha election and broke the jinx, Adityanath has also proven it wrong.
The Noida jinx became popular after the then UP CM Veer Bahadur Singh had to quit office in June 1988, a few days after he returned from the city. Singh’s successor ND Tiwari too lost the CM’s post after visiting Noida. Subsequently, CMs and other leaders started bypassing Noida.
Akhilesh’s father Mulayam Singh Yadav, Kalyan Singh and Rajnath Singh skipped visiting Noida when they were in office. As UP CM between October 2000 and March 2002, Rajnath Singh inaugurated the Delhi-Noida-Delhi (DND) Flyway from Delhi instead of Noida.
Similarly in May 2013, Akhilesh skipped the Asian Development Bank (ADB) summit organised in Noida in which former PM Manmohan Singh was the chief guest. He bypassed Noida again when he inaugurated the 165-km Yamuna Expressway from Lucknow instead of the industrial city. Mayawati as CM ignored the jinx by flying to Noida to inaugurate the Dalit Smarak Sthal in October 2011. She lost the 2012 assembly election.
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