Before becoming the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath was the Mahant of this Gorakshapeeth of Gorakhpur and continued to represent this Gorakhpur in the Lok Sabha. In an interview after becoming the CM, Yogi Adityanath had said that when the king or ruler goes astray, there are many such examples in the history of India in which yogis and sannyasis have assumed responsibility. Now that only two and a half months are left for the assembly elections, the bullet reporter's team reached the Gorakshapeeth from where the journey of a monk to power was started. Watch this special episode.
