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Amit Shah

Amit Shah

DOB: 22/10/1964

Amit Shah is the senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and has been the Union Home Minister since 2019. He has also been serving as the Union Minister of Co-operation since 2021. Shah was the president of the BJP from 2014 to 2020. He has been a Lok Sabha member from the Gandhinagar constituency of Gujarat since 2019. In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Shah won the Gandhinagar seat by defeating Congress candidate Dr CJ Chavda with a margin of 5,57,014 votes. He was the Minister of State for Home, Law and Justice, Prison, Border Security, Civil Defence, Excise, Home Guards, Transport, Prohibition, Gram Rakshak Dal, Police Housing, Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs in Gujarat in the Narendra Modi-led government from 2002 to 2012. Shah won the Sarkhej Assembly constituency in Gujarat in 1997 (bypoll), 1998, 2002 and 2007. He also represented the Naranpura Assembly seat from 2012 to 2017. Shah also served as the Rajya Sabha member from 2017 to 2019. Amit Shah is again contesting from the Gandhinagar constituency in the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections 2024.

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Asha Bhosle and Amit Shah

Watch video: Asha Bhosle sings 'Abhi Na Jao Chhod Kar' for Amit Shah at photo biography release

Mar 06, 2024, 01:33 PM IST

During her meeting with Union Minister Amit Shah, veteran singer Asha Bhosale also sang three songs for him. In the video, Padma Vibhushan Asha Bhosale can be seen singing one of her most famous songs, Abhi Na Jao Chod Kar from the film Hum Dono.

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Breaking News, March 5 | HIGHLIGHTS

India | Mar 05, 2024, 11:55 PM IST

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Lok Sabha elections: BJP declares 15 candidates each for Gujarat, Rajasthan ahead of polls | DETAILS

Mar 02, 2024, 10:32 PM IST

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Union agriculture minister Parshottam Rupala, who hails from neighbouring Amreli district, will fight from Rajkot in place of Kundariya. Mandaviya, who is from Bhavnagar district, has been fielded from Porbandar in place of Dhaduk.

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Lok Sabha Elections: BJP releases first list of 195 candidates, PM Modi to contest from Varanasi

India | Mar 03, 2024, 12:05 AM IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: BJP fields Union minister Rajeev Chandrashekhar from Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, former chief minister Biplab Deb from Tripura.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah

Govt signs tripartite pact to solve problems of Tripura's indigenous people

India | Mar 02, 2024, 10:48 PM IST

Ever since the TMP wrested power in the politically important TTAADC in April 2021, the party intensified its agitation in support of the ‘Greater Tipraland’ demand, which has been strongly opposed by the ruling BJP, the opposition Left Front, Congress, Trinamool Congress and other parties.

Amit Shah's car seen with 'CAA' mention on its number plate.

Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh's car number plates with 'CAA' mention go viral

India | Mar 02, 2024, 01:02 PM IST

The rules for the implementation of the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 (CAA) for fast-tracking citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan are likely to be issued before Model Code of Conduct for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls comes into effect.

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Gandhinagar Election Result 2024: Constituency profile, winners, margin, party-wise candidates list

India | May 29, 2024, 11:22 PM IST

Gandhinagar Lok Sabha Election 2024: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the constituency ten times in a row in 1989, 1991, 1996, 1996 (bypoll),1998, 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2019. Former Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani represented the seat maximum times.

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Home Ministry extends ban on Jamaat-e-Islami for next five years

India | Feb 27, 2024, 09:07 PM IST

Ban on Jamaat-e-Islami: The organisation is found continuing its activities against the security, integrity and sovereignty of the nation. The outfit was first declared an 'Unlawful Association' on February 28, 2019.

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Lok Sabha elections 2024: Amit Shah urges youngsters to join 'Mera Pehla Vote Desh Ke Liye' campaign

India | Feb 27, 2024, 04:59 PM IST

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (February 25) urged young and first-time voters to vote in record numbers in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

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'BJP revived 'BIMARU' Madhya Pradesh and tried to transform into developed state': Amit Shah

Feb 25, 2024, 08:32 PM IST

Amit Shah in Madhya Pradesh: The BIMARU acronym has often been used in the past few decades to refer to states of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, usually to imply they have lagged in terms of economic growth, healthcare, education, and more. Its usage has also drawn criticism.

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Lok Sabha elections: BJP likely to release first list of candidates after Delhi meeting, say sources

India | Feb 24, 2024, 11:37 PM IST

Lok Sabha elections 2024: The meeting was chaired by BJP national president JP Nadda and was attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath among others.

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India | Feb 23, 2024, 11:49 PM IST

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Amit Shah sounds poll bugle, urges Chhattisgarh people to elect Modi to make India developed nation

Feb 22, 2024, 07:05 PM IST

With the Lok Sabha elections slated for 2024, political activities are gaining momentum across the country as parties gear up for campaigning. Central ministers, including Amit Shah, are embarking on tours of various states to mobilise support for their respective parties.

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Amit Shah embarks on day-long visit to Rajasthan

Feb 20, 2024, 02:40 PM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah embarked on a daylong visit to Rajasthan, commencing with his arrival in Bikaner. His packed schedule includes addressing the BJP's state election committee, engaging with party workers in Udaipur, and meeting prominent citizens in Jaipur.

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Ghulam Nabi Azad-Abdullahs engage in war of words over 'late night meeting with PM, HM' remark

India | Feb 19, 2024, 07:49 PM IST

Several media reports claimed that Ghulam Nabi Azad said that Farooq Abdullah and his son Omar met PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah "secretly" at night. Azad later clarified the purported remark and said that he never made such a claim. Abdullah lashed out at Azad over the matter.

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Rahul Gandhi to appear before court in defamation case tomorrow; 'Nyay Yatra' paused: Jairam Ramesh

India | Feb 19, 2024, 01:36 PM IST

As the legal proceedings unfolded, the temporary halt in the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra underscored the significant legal and political developments surrounding Rahul Gandhi's defamation case.

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'INDI alliance' leaders think of making their children PM, CM: Amit Shah at BJP national convention

India | Feb 18, 2024, 03:08 PM IST

A resolution passed in BJP national convention noted that the agriculture budget under the government rose nearly five times to Rs 1.25 lakh crore from what it was during the previous Congress-led UPA dispensation. There was arecord procurement of grains under the minimum support price (MSP) regime.

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BJP winning 370 seats will be true tribute to Syama Prasad Mukherjee: PM Modi at key BJP meet

India | Feb 17, 2024, 11:59 PM IST

From its elected panchayat heads to district presidents and Union ministers, the BJP's 'national council' meeting is going to be the ruling party's biggest organisational get-together in recent memory -- an exercise aimed at galvanising its cadre for the Lok Sabha polls.

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Amit Shah gives ‘winning formula’ to Karnataka BJP to sweep all 28 Lok Sabha seats with ally JDS

Feb 11, 2024, 11:47 PM IST

Karnataka BJP president BY Vijayendra said that all leaders who attended the meeting are confident that if Shah’s plan of action is implemented effectively at the booth level, the BJP and JD(S) can win all Lok Sabha seats in the state.

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Siddaramaiah challenges Amit Shah to hold public debate on Karnataka govt’s guarantee schemes

Feb 11, 2024, 08:30 PM IST

Siddaramaiah said that the state's treasury is not empty because of the guarantee schemes of his government but "instead, there is an unfair distribution of taxes from the Centre to the state".

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