In March 2017, when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) declared Yogi Adityanath— its five-time Lok Sabha MP from Gorakhpur and Mahant of Gorakhnath Mutt—as the chief minister after party’s landslide ...
In November, after the Court's decision, work on the Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal began, but during this time, riots erupted. The political backdrop of these riots involved conflicts between temples ...