NEW DELHI: Laying all speculations to rest about Uttar Pradesh (UP) chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s likelihood of contesting the upcoming assembly election from the holy cities of Ayodhya or Mathura, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on January 15 declared his candidature from Gorakhpur.
Before Yogi Adityanath’s name was announced, there was a buzz that the BJP would field him either from Lord Ram’s birthplace (Shri Ram Janmabhoomi) Ayodhya or Lord Krishna’s birthplace (Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi) Mathura.