Garhwal's Pauri district provides 2 CMs in 2 days

Having provided two chief ministers to key north Indian states –Trivendra Singh Rawat in Uttarakhand and Yogi Adityanath in UP, the hill district of Pauri finds itself at the centre-stage. Adityanath, who took over as chief minister of UP on Sunday hails from village Panchur village in Pauri in Uttarakhand while Rawat who was sworn in yesterday belongs to Khairsain village in the same district.

Both the chief ministers, who command massive three-fourths majority in their respective state assemblies, have another similarity. They are bachelors. Though representing Gorakhpur seat of UP in the Lok Sabha consecutively since 1998, Adityanath was born in 1972 in Panchur in undivided Uttar Pradesh.

Originally named Ajay Singh Bisht, Adityanath did his graduation from government college, Kotdwar before coming to Rishikesh for post graduation where he came into contact with chief of Gorakshpeeth Mahant Avaidyanath and became his disciple.