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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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Mumbai: From an obscure corporator to becoming the youngest mayor of Nagpur, to the first BJP chief minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis's climb up the political ladder has been steady.In a state dominated by Maratha

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BJP appears undecided on taking shot at power in Delhi

Politics | Oct 28, 2014, 07:37 PM IST

New Delhi: Even as the Supreme Court put the issue on a fast forward mode, BJP today appeared undecided on taking a shot at power in Delhi and may prefer fresh polls early next year.However,

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PM congratulates Khattar on taking oath as Haryana CM

Politics | Oct 26, 2014, 05:31 PM IST

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today congratulated BJP's first Chief Minister of Haryana Manohar Lal Khattar and expressed hope that he and his team will lead the state to new heights in the coming

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In Pics: Narendra Modi meets journalists

Politics | Oct 29, 2014, 10:16 AM IST

New Delhi: Reaching out to the media with which he has had a lukewarm relationship, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had some good words for the press today, promising to find a way to interact with

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'Sentiment' in BJP against forming coalition government

Politics | Oct 25, 2014, 11:20 PM IST

Mumbai: As back channel talks continued between Shiv Sena and BJP to explore the possibility of a coalition government in Maharashtra, there were strong indications today that the latter may form a government on its

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PM Narendra Modi arrives BJP office for 'Diwali milan'

Politics | Oct 25, 2014, 12:07 PM IST

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived 9, Ashoka Road, adjoining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s headquarters office in central Delhi, on the invitation of party chief Amit Shah to attend the ‘Diwali milan'.Modi

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Journalists, BJP leaders start arriving BJP office for 'Diwali milan'

Politics | Oct 25, 2014, 11:48 AM IST

New Delhi: Scores of senior journalists and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are arriving 9, Ashoka Road, adjoining the party's headquarters office in central Delhi, on the invitation of Amit Shah to attend the ‘Diwali milan'.Senior

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'Modi's charisma, Amit Shah's strategy land Haryana to BJP'

Politics | Oct 23, 2014, 08:57 AM IST

Indore: The BJP in-charge for recently held Haryana Assembly elections, Kailash Vijaywargiya has said that synergy of “charisma” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and perfect strategy employed by party president Amit Shah reaped bumper harvest

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BJP hints preference for 'natural ally' Shiv Sena in Maharashtra

Politics | Oct 21, 2014, 11:12 PM IST

New Delhi:  Describing the Shiv Sena as a “natural ally”, the BJP on Tuesday dropped hints that it would prefer the estranged saffron party to be a partner in its government in Maharashtra even while

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Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari discuss further strategy for govt formation

Politics | Oct 20, 2014, 08:03 PM IST

New Delhi: After their victory in Assembly polls in Haryana and Maharashtra, BJP today moved forward towards government formation in both states with party chief Amit Shah holding parleys with Union Minister Nitin Gadkari for

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Uddhav Thackeray congratulates PM, Amit Shah on polls victory

Politics | Oct 19, 2014, 11:50 PM IST

New Delhi: Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, who parted company with BJP before elections, today congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah on their party's success in Maharashtra and Haryana.BJP sources said

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Amit Shah in UP to attend RSS conclave

Politics | Oct 16, 2014, 10:10 AM IST

Lucknow: BJP national president Amit Shah will Thursday arrive in Uttar Pradesh on a two-day visit to attend a RSS conclave, party officials said.Shah will arrive here to participate in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)

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Politics | Oct 14, 2014, 05:25 PM IST

Ahmedabad: BJP president Amit Shah today asked the co-operative sector banks of Gujarat to join the ‘Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna' and take up a movement to ensure that everyone in the state has a

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Maharashtra polls: Vidarbha set to see multi-cornered fight

Politics | Oct 14, 2014, 04:51 PM IST

Nagpur: Set for tomorrow's Maharashtra Assembly polls, the Vidarbha region will witness a multi cornered contest for the 62 seats in the 11 districts of the region.The campaign for the polls ended last evening on

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Maharashtra Polls: Amit Shah's "mouse" remark will backfire on BJP, says Shiv Sena

Politics | Oct 13, 2014, 01:23 PM IST

Pune: Shiv Sena leader and former Maharashtra Minister Shashikant Sutar today asserted that BJP's mocking at the Sena by calling it a “mouse” had created a rage among the Sainiks and galvanised them into a

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Haryana Polls: BJP slams Rahul, says he can't see through 'foreign glasses'

Politics | Oct 10, 2014, 05:38 PM IST

Hansi (Haryana): BJP today hit back at Rahul Gandhi for questioning NDA government's abilities in handling Pakistan and China, saying the Congress Vice President could not see what the Centre was doing as he was

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Maharashtra Polls: Anandiben Patel to jump into the BJP poll campaign

Politics | Oct 10, 2014, 11:21 AM IST

Mumbai: Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel will jump into the BJP poll campaign in Maharashtra during the weekend, a party official said here Friday.Over the next two days, she is expected to address rallies in

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Will give account of our work at next elections: BJP chief

Politics | Oct 09, 2014, 11:41 PM IST

Rajura: Responding to Congress' demand to give account of the work done by the Narendra Modi government so far, the BJP today said it will do so in the next elections.“Soniaji, people have given us

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Politics | Oct 08, 2014, 08:02 PM IST

Chalisgaon (Maharashtra): Facing criticism over government's response to ceasefire violations by Pakistan resulting in civilian casualties, BJP today launched a counter attack on Congress, saying India under the new dispensation retaliates which was not the

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Politics | Oct 07, 2014, 09:48 PM IST

Chandigarh: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed dynastic politics in Haryana, BJP chief Amit Shah today attacked the Chautalas, saying the way that family has taken a plunge in politics, that day may not be