While Gorakhpur is often portrayed as a ‘pro-Yogi saffron stronghold’, various fault lines have existed in Adityanath’s supposed bastion for a long time.
Even though the forest villages in Maharajganj district have seen agricultural activity for the last 100 years, farm land has not yet been consolidated, impeding efforts to fence it properly.
Gorakhpur is the bastion of CM Yogi Adityanath and the reason is not just political. The Nath sect that Adityanath heads has followers across India and other countries, including Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nepal, say devotees of the Gorakhnath Math, a Hindu temple synonymous with the city he represen
Even though the forested villages in Maharajganj district have seen agricultural activity for the last 100 years, farm land has not yet been consolidated, impeding efforts to fence it properly.
In the previous elections, the SP had scored a duck in Gorakhpur and had failed to bag a single seat. This time, however, the party has kept caste equations in mind while nominating all nine candidates in the district.