The famous Gorakhnath Temple, of which Yogi is the Mahant, is situated in this ward. "I fought on the agenda of development and people made me win," Khatoon told news agency ANI. Adityanath called it a "historic win" and attributed it to "Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision and BJP chief Amit Shah's guidance". "The BJP will now look forward to achieve the goal of 100 per cent success in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls," Adityanath said. Adityanath happens to be the head priest of that temple, and was a five-time MP from the Lok Sabha constituency of Gorakhpur.

Source: India Today December 01, 2017 10:39 UTC