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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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BJP chose Kiran Bedi after adverse feedback from field, admits RSS

Politics | Feb 03, 2015, 07:42 AM IST

New Delhi: As Delhi is gearing up for elections on 7th Feb, an article published in RSS mouthpiece ‘Organiser' said that BJP chose Kirani Bedi as CM candidate after adverse feedback from field.The article says

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Fed up with 'intolerable dictation', Kiran Bedi's campaign in-charge quits BJP

Politics | Feb 02, 2015, 11:58 AM IST

New Delhi: In a major jolt to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), its Delhi chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi's election campaign in-charge, Narendra Tandon, today resigned from the party.Tandon, also the party's state executive member,

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Delhi polls: Amit Shah's Lucknow trip cancelled due to assembly election

Politics | Feb 02, 2015, 12:17 PM IST

Lucknow: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah's visit to the Uttar Pradesh capital Monday was cancelled at the eleventh hour, leaders said.State BJP spokesman Vijay Bahadur Pathak said the tour programme of Shah had

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Cups with pic of Amit Shah, Modi used in Shatabdi; railways ordered probe

Politics | Feb 02, 2015, 11:52 AM IST

Jalandhar: Use of paper cups with photographs of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah to serve tea to the passengers of Delhi-Amritsar Shatabdi train has created furore, prompting Indian Railways to order

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Amit Shah to review BJP membership drive in Lucknow

Politics | Feb 02, 2015, 09:05 AM IST

Lucknow: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah would be arriving on a day-long visit to Lucknow Monday, a party spokesman said.Shah is scheduled to drive straight from the Amausi airport in the city to

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Over 100 corporate honchos join BJP on a single day

Politics | Feb 02, 2015, 08:51 AM IST

New Delhi: Over 100 corporate honchos joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday in presence of the party chief Amit Shah and Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) president Anurag Thakur.Speaking on the occasion, Shah

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BJP chief Amit Shah against changing Preamble, says his party respects Constitution

Politics | Feb 02, 2015, 07:31 AM IST

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah has said that the saffron party respects the Constitution of India as it stands today, with the words ‘secular' and ‘socialist' in its Preamble.A report published

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AAP has not fulfilled any of the promises made so far: Shah

Politics | Feb 01, 2015, 10:51 PM IST

New Delhi: BJP today tore through the AAP, accusing its chief Arvind Kejriwal of not fulfilling any of the promises made to the people and asked the electorate to not fritter away their votes on

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Delhi Polls: Kiran Bedi's arrival has panicked AAP,says Amit Shah

Politics | Feb 02, 2015, 12:11 PM IST

New Delhi: BJP president Amit Shah took a dig at Aam Admi party saying the arrival of Kiran Bedi has panicked the AAP as it is afraid of being exposed. He was addressing a rally

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Delhi polls: PM Modi to address election rally in Dwarka today

Politics | Feb 01, 2015, 08:11 AM IST

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be today addressing an election rally at Dwarka in west Delhi. The rally is scheduled to begin at 2 pm.Extensive security arrangements have been put in place to

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Ready to debate with Amit Shah: Kejriwal

Politics | Jan 31, 2015, 01:55 PM IST

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal Saturday said he was ready to debate with BJP president Amit Shah if the party names him its chief ministerial candidate for the Feb 7 Delhi

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BJP taking chai pe charcha in trains with images of Modi and Shah on cups

Politics | Jan 31, 2015, 08:15 AM IST

Amritsar: Passengers who asked for a cup of Tea in Amritsar bound Shatabdi Express on Thursday would have come across two known faces with an interesting appeal.These paper cups have images of PM Narendra Modi

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Delhi polls: BJP's chief ministerial candidate face missing from posters

Politics | Jan 31, 2015, 08:17 AM IST

New Delhi: BJP chief Amit Shah may have announced Kiran Bedi as party's chief ministerial candidate and may have sketched out the biggest plan for Delhi polls but it seems that party is still shying

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Delhi Polls: Want an experienced govt or go for an experiment, Amit Shah asks Delhi voters

Politics | Jan 30, 2015, 10:29 PM IST

New Delhi:  BJP chief Amit Shah today asked the voters of Delhi to decide whether they want an experienced government led by his party or go for an experiment in the upcoming Assembly poll.Addressing two

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Jayanthi Natarajan met BJP chief Amit Shah before quitting Congress?

Politics | Jan 30, 2015, 06:12 PM IST

New Delhi: Former union minister Jayanthi Natarajan had met BJP chief Amit Shah before making up her mind to quit Congress, according to reliable sources.Natarajan reportedly met with BJP president Amit Shah recently during the

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Delhi polls: Amit Shah defends Kiran Bedi, says BJP won't change strategy as per media perception

Politics | Jan 30, 2015, 08:41 AM IST

New Delhi: As over a week is left for Delhi elections, BJP is trying hard to clean sweep Delhi polls.Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah asked his colleagues during a meeting at the party headquarters

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Amit Shah defends Kiran Bedi, says BJP won't change strategy as per media perception

Politics | Jan 30, 2015, 07:03 AM IST

New Delhi:  Ruling out any rifts within the BJP, its chief Amit Shah today said that the party would emerge victorious with two-third majority in the upcoming Delhi elections.Claiming that the induction of former Team

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Delhi Polls: Amit Shah pulls up BJP leaders for lacklustre campaign

Politics | Jan 29, 2015, 10:32 PM IST

New Delhi: BJP president Amit Shah today pulled up a number of senior leaders of party's Delhi unit for the “lacklustre” election campaign and sternly told them to put up a united fight to effectively

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BJP poses five questions for Arvind Kejriwal

Politics | Jan 29, 2015, 05:48 PM IST

New Delhi: With indications showing AAP chief  Arvind Kejrival putting up a tough fight,  BJP has revised its strategy of Delhi assembly elections. The party will ask five questions each day to Arvind Kejriwal till

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BJP core group reviews campaign, steps for Delhi win

Politics | Jan 29, 2015, 05:01 PM IST

New Delhi: The BJP's 18-member core group, headed by party president Amit Shah, Thursday reviewed the party campaigning for the Feb 7 Delhi assembly polls and discussed the steps needed to ensure the party's victory.According