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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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J&K Polls: BJP chief promises probe into 'embezzling' of funds

Politics | Nov 20, 2014, 04:52 PM IST

Ramban (JK): Alleging misappropriation of central funds meant for development in Jammu and Kashmir, BJP chief Amit Shah today promised that a probe will be carried out and the guilty punished if his party comes

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J&K Polls: Only BJP can bring about complete integration of JK, says Amit Shah

Politics | Nov 20, 2014, 04:38 PM IST

Ramban (JK): Only BJP can bring about “complete integration” of Jammu and Kashmir with rest of India, party chief Amit Shah today said, without directly raking up its pet theme of abrogation of Article 370

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J&K Polls: Amit Shah reviews BJP's poll preparation

Politics | Nov 19, 2014, 11:51 PM IST

Jammu: BJP national president Amit Shah tonight reviewed the party's preparations for the upcoming Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir and exuded confidence of victory, saying the state's people wanted to get rid of the

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Delhi BJP leaders discuss poll preparations

Politics | Nov 19, 2014, 11:03 PM IST

New Delhi: A day after BJP national president Amit Shah asked state leaders to work at the booth level to ensure a “historic victory” in the upcoming Assembly elections, the Delhi unit of the party

amit shah directs delhi unit to start massive poll campaign

Amit Shah directs Delhi unit to start massive poll campaign

Politics | Nov 18, 2014, 11:17 PM IST

New Delhi: With an eye on capturing power in the capital, BJP president Amit Shah today directed the Delhi unit of the party to start a “massive” campaign focusing on over 11,000 booths to ensure

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Narendra Modi, Shah in top decision makers in 'Global Thinkers' list

Politics | Nov 18, 2014, 08:04 AM IST

Washington: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been named as the top decision maker in a list of 100 global thinkers by a leading American foreign policy magazine.Modi is placed at the top followed by German

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Jharkhand Polls: Contradiction in Jharkhand cabinet as parties fight each other, says Amit Shah

Politics | Nov 17, 2014, 07:33 PM IST

Hussainabad/Garhwa (Jharkhand): BJP President Amit Shah today said that there was a "contradiction" in Jharkhand Cabinet as the ruling alliance have been contesting against each other in the Jharkhand Assembly elections.Addressing separate election meetings at

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Jharkhand polls: Amit Shah accuses Congress of looting Jharkhand

Politics | Nov 16, 2014, 10:11 PM IST

Lohardaga (Jharkhand): BJP president Amit Shah today charged the Congress with looting the mineral rich Jharkhand “by supporting an Independent Chief Minister”.  Without naming Madhu Koda, who was an Independent Chief Minister supported by Congress

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BJP promises stability, transparency, welfare state in Jharkhand

Politics | Nov 13, 2014, 12:26 PM IST

Ranchi: The BJP today said the party's three main focus points for Jharkhand is stability, transparency and making it a welfare state in the next five years, if voted to power.“Stability, transparency (in governance) and

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Jaitley stresses on single rule for Jharkhand's progress

Politics | Nov 11, 2014, 11:16 PM IST

Ranchi: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said “political dealings” in Jharkhand would come to an end if the people voted for one party rule in the ensuing Assembly elections.“The voting behaviour here (Jharkhand) should

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Jharkhand polls: Amit Shah to release BJP manifesto today

Politics | Nov 11, 2014, 07:32 AM IST

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah will release party's manifesto for Jharkhand Assembly polls today.The BJP is contesting Assembly polls in alliance with the Sudesh Mahto-led All Jharkhand Students Unions (AJSU) and

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Amit Shah granted exemption in Sohrabuddin fake encounter case

Politics | Nov 10, 2014, 05:57 PM IST

Mumbai: A special CBI court here today granted exemption from appearance to BJP President Amit Shah, an accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, till the framing of charges.Shah had sought permanent exemption but

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Jagat Prakash Nadda, a master strategist gets his reward

Politics | Nov 09, 2014, 04:38 PM IST

New Delhi: A master-strategist and a trusted lieutenant of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well as BJP President Amit Shah, Jagat Prakash Nadda's entry into the Government is a vindication of his efficiency and dependability

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BJP looking to emerge as a potent alternative in Andhra Pradesh by 2019

Politics | Nov 07, 2014, 04:23 PM IST

Hyderabad: Elections in Andhra Pradesh are far away but BJP president Amit Shah is said to be meticulously getting a political plan executed to make the saffron party a formidable force in the state by

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Delhi: PM Modi, Amit Shah in favour of fresh polls

Politics | Nov 04, 2014, 09:07 AM IST

New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah are also in favor of seeking a fresh mandate than trying to forma govt in Delhi. In the recent assembly elections, with BJP's government at

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Talks with BJP will continue, says Shiv Sena

Politics | Nov 01, 2014, 08:26 PM IST

Mumbai:  As the uncertainty over whether former ally Shiv Sena would join the BJP government in Maharashtra persists, the Uddhav Thackeray-led party today said it was confident that “the talks between the two parties will

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Narendra Modi to launch BJP's online membership drive today

Politics | Nov 01, 2014, 06:44 AM IST

Bhopal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today launch the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s massive membership drive with a target to increase its strength.Party chief Amit Shah had on Friday said, “As per the BJP's constitution,

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Fadnavis meets PM, Amit Shah

Politics | Oct 30, 2014, 11:52 PM IST

New Delhi:  Maharashtra chief minister- designate Devendra Fadnavis today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president Amit Shah ahead of his taking over the top post in the state tomorrow.The leader of the Maharashtra

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MP BJP to hold party workers' meet today

Politics | Oct 30, 2014, 09:03 AM IST

Bhopal: Ahead of the upcoming civic body polls in Madhya Pradesh, the ruling BJP in the state has organised a two-day conference of local party leaders that is to begin from today.The meeting will be

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Amit Shah urges people to join Clean India Clean Ganga mission

Politics | Oct 29, 2014, 08:53 PM IST

Ahmedabad: Reaching out to the people of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, BJP National President Amit Shah urged them to join Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ‘Swaccha Bharat Abhiyan' and ‘Clean Ganga Mission'. “Our Prime Minister has taken

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