Former Uttar Pradesh minister Amarmani Tripathis son and former Independent MLA Aman Mani Tripathi called Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath his guardian and guide with whom he has familial relationship.
Amarmani Tripathi, a former Uttar Pradesh minister convicted of conspiracy in the 2003 murder of poet Madhumita Shukla, will be released from jail. Tripathi was then a minister in BSP chief Mayawati's government.
Ex-Uttar Pradesh minister Amarmani Tripathi and his wife - convicted in 2007 for killing poet Madhumita Shukla and to be released prison after serving 16+ years of a life term - spent more than half that time out of jail, Ms Shukla's sister said.