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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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Amit Shah during flag off ceremony of “Gujarat Gaurav

Amit Shah sounds Gujarat poll bugle from Sardar Patel's native place, attacks Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Oct 04, 2017, 02:12 PM IST

Amit Shah paid tributes to Patel at his ancestral home in Karamsad along with Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel before launching the 'Gujarat Gaurav Yatra'.

BHU

BHU violence: PM Modi, BJP chief speak to UP CM; three top police officials removed

Politics | Sep 25, 2017, 05:55 PM IST

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said PM Modi and Amit Shah spoke to UP CM Yogi Adityanath over the violence in BHU on Saturday.

Amit Shah apeaking at BJP's ongoing National Executive

BJP national executive: Amit Shah slams Rahul Gandhi for defending dynastic politics

Politics | Sep 25, 2017, 04:33 PM IST

Slamming Rahul Gandhi, Amit Shah said BJP believed in the politics of performance while the Congress banked on the "politics of appeasement and dynasty".

BJP national executive meting

BJP national executive: GDP fall, job crisis, party expansion, 2019 polls high on agenda today

Politics | Sep 25, 2017, 07:29 AM IST

The lack of jobs and the next round of Assembly polls among the other issues expected to dominate the meet which will be addressed by PM Modi and BJP president Amit Shah

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BJP under PM Modi has ended ‘dynastic, casteist and appeasement’ politics in India

Politics | Sep 20, 2017, 08:03 PM IST

"In May this year, our government under the leadership of Modiji completed three years in power, and in these three years a lot of changes have been seen in the country," Shah said.

Amit Shah appeared before a Gujarat court as a witness in a

'Don't know where Kodnani went from hospital on morning of Naroda Gam riot': Here's what Amit Shah told SIT Court

India | Sep 18, 2017, 07:17 PM IST

BJP chief Amit Shah told a Gujarat court that Kodnani was present with him in the state Assembly when the riots took place

BJP President Amit Shah

Maya Kodnani was not in Naroda Gam on the day when riots broke out: Amit Shah tells SIT court

India | Sep 18, 2017, 07:30 PM IST

BJP President Amit Shah on Monday told a sessions court in Ahmedabad that Maya Kodnani was not present in Naroda Gam on the day riots broke out

Amit Shah said Modi has pledged to fulfil Gandhi's dream of

Modi has pledged to fulfil Gandhi's dream of cleanliness: Amit Shah

Politics | Sep 17, 2017, 08:46 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pledged to fulfil Mahatma Gandhi's dream of cleanliness, BJP President Amit Shah said today.

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Amit Shah seeks account of performance from Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Sep 16, 2017, 08:52 PM IST

Stating that the BJP has launched several development programmes in the three years, Amit Shah said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is standing like a rock with Jharkhand or its development.

Amit Shah addresses a press conference in Ranchi

India has sovereign right to develop the country within its boundaries, says Amit Shah

Politics | Sep 16, 2017, 08:45 PM IST

Addressing the media persons in Ranchi, Amit Shah affirmed that ‘it is our sovereign right to develop the country inside our boundaries and we will utilise that right’.

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Amit Shah accuses TMC of unleashing violence against BJP workers

India | Sep 12, 2017, 05:09 PM IST

The BJP national president urged human rights organisations to report political violence against BJP workers in the state.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah

Narendra Modi doing best for Gujarat as PM, don't miss him: Amit Shah

Politics | Sep 10, 2017, 09:32 PM IST

BJP President Amit Shah on Sunday stated that Narendra Modi was better placed to serve Gujarat as Prime Minister than as Chief Minister and appealed the people not to miss him

No point in hiding NPAs through jugglery of figures: Amit

No point in hiding NPAs through jugglery of figures: Amit Shah

Sep 09, 2017, 05:55 PM IST

Amit Shah said that high amount of NPAs of the public sector banks were a reality and there was no point in hiding them through "jugglery of figures".

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Naveen Patnaik is like a 'defunct transformer': Amit Shah

Politics | Sep 08, 2017, 10:26 PM IST

Amit Shah expressed confidence that the BJP's 120-plus seat mission in Odisha would certainly fructify as "the people have made up their mind to throw out the BJD government."

BJP chief Amit Shah

No alliance with any party in Odisha, BJP will fight next assembly polls alone: Amit Shah

Politics | Sep 07, 2017, 07:37 PM IST

BJP would contest the next Odisha assembly polls alone, Amit Shah announced today

Amit Shah said the dip in GDP growth is not linked to

Demonetisation had no impact on GDP, slowdown temporary: Amit Shah

Politics | Nov 03, 2017, 03:03 PM IST

BJP President Amit Shah said the dip in GDP growth to 5.7 per cent is "temporary" and not linked to demonetisation

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Amit Shah to address BJP's youth workers in Gujarat on Sept 10

Politics | Sep 02, 2017, 06:34 PM IST

In a bid to reach out to the party's young supporters in poll-bound Gujarat, the BJP's youth wing will organise an interactive session here on September 10, to be addressed by party chief Amit Shah.

Dera violence

Dera violence: We did our work well, says CM Khattar; rejects demands for resignation

Politics | Aug 30, 2017, 03:25 PM IST

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday rejected the Opposition’s criticism of his handling of the situation and said that his government had done its work well

File pic of Haryana CM Manohar Lal

Dera violence: BJP leadership unhappy with Manohar Lal’s handling of Panchkula situation

Politics | Aug 25, 2017, 10:52 PM IST

Manohar Lal, a first-time MLA, was chosen by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party chief Amit Shah to lead the party government in Haryana.

BJP president Amit Shah and Information and Broadcasting

Amit Shah, Smriti Irani take oath as Rajya Sabha members

Politics | Aug 25, 2017, 12:08 PM IST

Rajya Sabha Chairman Venakaiah Naidu administered the oath to Amit Shah and Smriti Irani in his chamber