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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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B S Yeddyurappa will be BJP's CM face in Karnataka, says Amit Shah

Politics | May 26, 2017, 09:47 PM IST

Karnataka election will be fought under Yeddyurappa, Amit Shah said.

Will notch up bigger victory in 2019 Lok Sabha polls, says

3 years of Modi govt: Will notch up bigger victory in 2019 Lok Sabha polls, says Amit Shah

Politics | May 26, 2017, 05:56 PM IST

Amit Shah on Friday said that the party would notch up a bigger victory in the next Lok Sabha polls than the 2014 elections and India would emerge as a “great nation” in various fields under PM Modi

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Narendra Modi government did in 3 years what others didn't in 70 years, says Amit Shah

Politics | May 25, 2017, 11:25 AM IST

BJP President Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that those raising questions over Modi govt's performance in last 3 years should first answer what they did while in power for decades.

Amit Shah

NDA provided corruption-free governance in three years, says Amit Shah

Politics | May 23, 2017, 09:04 PM IST

BJP chief Amit Shah today said that the NDA government headed by Narendra Modi has provided corruption-free and transparent governance in the country during the last three years.

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Telangana should be southern gateway for BJP: Amit Shah

Politics | May 23, 2017, 02:56 PM IST

Exuding confidence over BJP forming the next government in Telangana, party president Amit Shah today said that the state should become the gateway for the party in South India.

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BJP govt has delivered in all fields, says Amit Shah

Politics | May 21, 2017, 10:47 PM IST

Senior BJP leaders and ministers, including general secretary (organisation) Ram Lal, Ravi Shankar Prasad and Piyush Goyal besides the party's media head Anil Baluni, addressed the over 200 leaders.

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BJP yet to decide on Presidential candidate, says Amit Shah

Politics | May 21, 2017, 03:14 PM IST

Shah also attacked the Congress for criticising the government, claiming that it had no right to do so as the Kashmir problem was an outcome of the policies of its governments since independence.

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No AAP MLA in touch with BJP in Punjab, says Amit Shah

Politics | May 20, 2017, 06:27 PM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah today made it clear that no Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Punjab was in touch with him.

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Will win 2019 polls by bigger margin, says Amit Shah

Politics | May 20, 2017, 05:21 PM IST

Chandigarh is the fourth place on Shah's itinerary for the 95-day tour which began with his visit to Jammu on April 29. The BJP chief has also visited Himachal Pradesh and Tripura.

BJP President Amit Shah with Rajat Sharma at India TV’s

India TV’s mega conclave Samvaad pulsate with political top guns on the stage

Politics | May 16, 2017, 07:51 PM IST

India TV’s Full-Day Mega Conclave Samvaad seems to have again hit the right chord with the audience, even with its second edition.

Rajat Sharma grills Amit Shah on sets if India TV's

Confident of NDA candidate’s win in presidential election, says Amit Shah

Politics | May 15, 2017, 09:59 PM IST

Shah further said that the ‘NDA government under PM Narendra Modi’s leadership has taken several initiatives in last three years to bring ‘achhe din’ (good days) and the country is close to it’.

India close to ache din after three years of honest,

India close to ‘ache din’ after three years of honest, sincere governance: BJP at India TV Samvaad

Politics | May 15, 2017, 09:45 PM IST

Presenting a report card of Central government at India TV Samvaad, BJP president Amit Shah said that the honest, sincere efforts in governance by the Centre had brought India close to ache din.

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India TV Samvaad: Who said what - 15 quotes from conclave highlighting Modi govt's 3 years

Politics | May 15, 2017, 09:26 PM IST

Political bigwigs like Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Smriti Irani, Nitin Gadkari, Ravi Shankar Prasad and Rajiv Pratap Rudi talk about government's 3 years in office.

BJP President Amit Shah addressing a public meeting in

Only Modi model of development can lead Tripura to progress: Amit Shah

Politics | May 07, 2017, 06:35 PM IST

Shah said a large number of tribals live in Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra where "every basic facility like water, electricity, and health services have been provided in each tribal and remote village".

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Muslim women shouldn’t be deprived of constitutional rights, says Amit Shah

Politics | May 06, 2017, 10:12 PM IST

Shah is on a two-day visit to Marxist-ruled Tripura to strengthen the party base in the state.

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BJP to form government on its own in Tripura next year, says Amit Shah

Politics | May 06, 2017, 05:31 PM IST

Ruling out any electoral alliance in Tripura, BJP chief Amit Shah today claimed that his party would oust the ruling Left Front on its own in the assembly elections due next year.

Bengal family joins TMC just days after hosting BJP chief

Bengal family joins TMC just days after hosting BJP chief Amit Shah for lunch

Politics | May 03, 2017, 03:43 PM IST

It is said that members of the family had gone missing on Tuesday night and resurfaced the next morning along with local Trinamool Congress leader Gautam Deb.

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With eye on 2019 LS polls, BJP chief Amit Shah to travel 1 lakh km in 5 months

Politics | May 03, 2017, 01:35 PM IST

BJP President Amit Shah will be travelling around 1 lakh km in next five months as part of the saffron party’s preparations for 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

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BJP’s victory in MCD polls marks end of ‘anarchy’ in Delhi: Amit Shah

Politics | May 02, 2017, 12:51 PM IST

BJP President Amit Shah today said that his party’s victory in MCD polls marked the end of “anarchy” in Delhi and it was the “foundation” for the next assembly polls in the state.

Karnataka BJP president Yeddyurappa with Amit Shah

Factional war in Karnataka: BJP sacks four leaders, Muralidhar Rao in Bengaluru to broker truce

Politics | Apr 30, 2017, 02:56 PM IST

The BJP central leadership has relieved two office bearers each from the state President B S Yeddyurappa and senior leader K S Eshwarappa camps.

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