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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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Saradha scam: Madan Mitra denied bail again, judicial custody extended

Politics | Jan 03, 2015, 07:43 AM IST

Kolkata: A court here Friday again rejected the bail plea of West Bengal Transport Minister Madan Mitra, who was arrested in the Saradha scam, and extended his judicial custody till Jan 16.On the expiry of

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Talks on with PDP, NC on govt formation in JK: Amit Shah

Politics | Jan 02, 2015, 06:49 PM IST

Srinagar/Mumbai: As the impasse over government formation in Jammu and Kashmir persisted for the 11th day on Friday, BJP on Friday said said talks were on with both PDP and NC but there has been

bjp plans mega rally by pm modi amit shah to kickstart poll

BJP plans mega rally by PM Modi, Amit Shah to kickstart poll campaign in Delhi

Politics | Jan 01, 2015, 09:15 AM IST

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janatya Party (BJP) will kickstart its campaign to capture power in Delhi at a mega rally on January 10 to be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Ministers of

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Amit Shah hasn't got clean chit yet: Congress

Politics | Dec 31, 2014, 09:40 PM IST

New Delhi: The CBI special court's decision to discharge BJP president Amit Shah in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Tulsiram Prajapati case was not akin to a "clean chit", the Congress said Wednesday.The Bharatiya Janata Party's

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Amit Shah relief: CPI concerned over 'gross manipulation' of CBI

Politics | Dec 31, 2014, 06:11 PM IST

New Delhi: A day after a special CBI court exonerated BJP chief Amit Shah in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, CPI today expressed concern over the "gross manipulation" of CBI by ruling politicians and

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Cause of concern that the CBI allowed itself to be misused: Arun Jaitley

Politics | Dec 31, 2014, 11:16 AM IST

New Delhi: Lauding the "independent" judicial system for discharging BJP chief Amit Shah from Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said the charge against him was without any basis and it

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Court decision on Shah 'victory of truth', says BJP

Politics | Dec 31, 2014, 07:25 AM IST

New Delhi: The BJP Tuesday welcomed the discharge of party president Amit Shah by a special court in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh case and termed it a "victory of truth".Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Finance Minister

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Cause of concern that the CBI allowed itself to be misused: FM

Politics | Dec 30, 2014, 11:57 PM IST

New Delhi: Lauding the “independent” judicial system for discharging BJP Chief Amit Shah from Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the charge against him was without any basis and it was

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Don't get involved in groupism: Amit Shah tells Delhi BJP leaders

Politics | Dec 30, 2014, 11:05 PM IST

New Delhi: Eyeing to capture power in the capital after a hiatus of 16 years, BJP President Amit Shah today warned leaders of the city unit against any groupism and directed them to ensure that

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Clean chit to Amit Shah in Sohrabuddin, Tulsiram Prajapati encounter cases

Politics | Dec 30, 2014, 11:39 PM IST

Mumbai: BJP president Amit Shah Tuesday got a major relief when a special CBI Court discharged him in the alleged staged shootout case related to Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his wife Kauserbi Sheikh and witness Tulsiram Prajapati

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TMC should take lessons from Amit Shah: Siddharth Singh

Politics | Dec 30, 2014, 10:20 PM IST

Kolkata: Asking the TMC leadership to take lessons from the way BJP Chief Amit Shah abided by the rule of law in the Sohrabuddin case, BJP National Secretary Siddharth Nath Singh today said instead TMC

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BJP welcomes CBI verdict on Sohrabuddin fake encounter case

Politics | Dec 30, 2014, 10:20 PM IST

Jammu: BJP today welcomed the verdict by a special CBI court discharging BJP President Amit Shah in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.  “The verdict of the court has vindicated BJP's stand that Amit

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BJP calls BJD regime tainted, threatens Maha Sangram

Politics | Dec 30, 2014, 07:55 PM IST

Bhubaneswar: Alleging allotment of land by Odisha's General Administration department at low premium was done in an arbitrary way causing Rs 251 crore loss, BJP today said ‘Maha Sangram' (bigger battle) would be launched to

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Amit Shah's discharge vindicates BJP's stand: Rajnath Singh

Politics | Dec 30, 2014, 05:52 PM IST

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said the special CBI court discharging BJP President Amit Shah in Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter killing case has vindicated the party's stand.Using his personal twitter handle, Singh

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'BJP membership reaches 10 lakh mark in Bengal'

Politics | Dec 30, 2014, 05:18 PM IST

Kolkata: BJP, which has been making steady inroads in Bengal politics, claims to have inducted 10 lakh members within two months of launching a membership drive in the highly polarised state.According to the BJP leadership,

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Clean chit to Amit Shah in Sohrabuddin, Tulsiram Prajapati encounter cases

Politics | Dec 30, 2014, 02:43 PM IST

Mumbai: In a major relief to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief, Amit Shah, a Mumbai Sessions court today gave him a clean chit in both Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Tulsiram Prajapati encounter cases.According to CBI, gangster

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Raghuvar Das meets Amit Shah ahead of swearing-in as CM

Politics | Dec 27, 2014, 05:11 PM IST

New Delhi:  Ahead of his swearing-in as Jharkhand Chief Minister tomorrow, Raghuvar Das met BJP President Amit Shah here today and discussed with him government formation in the state.The 59-year-old BJP leader, a national vice-president

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Ram Madhav denies Omar Abdullah's meeting with BJP leaders in Delhi

Politics | Dec 25, 2014, 01:43 PM IST

New Delhi: BJP General Secretary Ram Madhav has denied media reports that the outgoing Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah held meeting with BJP leaders in Delhi this morning."News about BJP leaders meeting

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BJP keeping all options open in govt formation in J&K

Politics | Dec 23, 2014, 11:38 PM IST

New Delhi: With Jammu and Kashmir returning a hung Assembly, BJP today said it is keeping all its “options” open in formation of the new government and is likely to hold back-channel talks with both

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Shivraj Singh Chouhan credits development agenda, Modi, Shah for poll win

Politics | Dec 23, 2014, 09:03 PM IST

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today credited BJP's inclusive and development-oriented agenda for the party's good showing in Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls.He said non-BJP parties are opposing the saffron