A few months ago, Shailendra Bisht, who is the younger sibling of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, received a promotion to the rank of Subedar Major in the army.
This is the top junior commissioned officer position within the Army.
At present, he is stationed at the Garhwal Rifles Regimental Center in Lansdowne. Prior to this assignment, he served near the China border in Mana, Uttarakhand.
The Garhwal Scout Unit, part of the Indian Army, is tasked with enlisting local residents to serve as soldiers, particularly for border security in hilly regions.
Various media outlets have frequently highlighted the modest lifestyle of Yogi Adityanath’s family. His father, Anand Singh Bisht, had a career as a forest ranger, while his mother, Savitri Devi, was a homemaker. Adityanath, the second among seven siblings, has three sisters and four brothers.
Shashi Payal, one of his sisters, operates a tea and snack shop near the Mata Bhuvaneshwari Devi Temple in Pauri Garhwal. The Chief Minister, who was born on June 5, 1972, in the small village of Panchur in the Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand, infrequently visits his family. He moved to Gorakhpur in 1993.
