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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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ec seeks cd of amit shah s speech from up poll officials

EC seeks CD of Amit Shah's speech from UP poll officials

Politics | Apr 10, 2014, 11:58 PM IST

New Delhi: The Election Commission has sought the original CD of Amit Shah's speech from the Uttar Pradesh poll officials for handing it over to the BJP leader, who has been issued a notice for

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Criminal case against Amit Shah, a calculated design: BJP

Politics | Apr 06, 2014, 11:44 PM IST

New Delhi: BJP today slammed Samajwadi Party, Congress and BSP over registration of a criminal case against Amit Shah over his controversial “revenge” remark saying it was done as a calculated design to polarise election

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2 FIRs against Amit Shah for 'revenge' speech, under EC scrutiny

India | Apr 06, 2014, 11:53 PM IST

Bijnore/New Delhi: Narendra Modi's close aide Amit Shah is in trouble for his ‘revenge' speech with two FIRs being lodged against him by authorities today and the outburst also under the scrutiny of Election Commission.BJP

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EC should ban Modi, Shah for communalising elections: Beni

Politics | Apr 06, 2014, 05:52 PM IST

Lucknow: Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma today alleged SP and BJP were hand in glove with each other in communalising elections and sought a “ban” by the Election Commission on campaigning by leaders Narendra Modi

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Avoid controversies, Arun Jaitley to BJP workers

Politics | Apr 06, 2014, 05:40 PM IST

New Delhi: Against the backdrop of the row generated by Amit Shah's “revenge” comment, BJP leader Arun Jaitley today said party workers should avoid controversies to maintain focus on campaign issues and warned them against

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Modi aide's remark sparks row, Congress, AAP seek arrest

Politics | Apr 06, 2014, 12:51 PM IST

New Delhi: The Congress and the AAP Saturday rapped on the Election Commission's door against BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's close aide Amit Shah over his remark on the Muzaffarnagar riots. The Bharatiya Janata

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Take revenge for insult during UP riots in the polls: Shah

Politics | Apr 06, 2014, 12:05 AM IST

Bijnor: Raising the communal temperature in riot-affected western UP going to polls on Monday, Narendra Modi's close aide Amit Shah spoke of the current elections as being an opportunity to take "revenge for the insult"

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Ramdev defends Shah's remarks

Politics | Apr 06, 2014, 12:08 AM IST

New Delhi: Yoga guru Ramdev today defended controversial remarks by Narendra Modi's close aide Amit Shah, saying he has only spoken of revenge against those who have looted the country for the last six decades

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AAP demands action against Amit Shah

Politics | Apr 05, 2014, 06:32 PM IST

New Delhi: Demanding a crackdown on Amit Shah for his “objectionable remarks” on revenge in riot-hit Uttar Pradesh, AAP today asked the Election Commission to register a case against the former Gujarat minister for spreading

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Congress moves EC for arrest of Amit Shah, ban on his campaigning

Politics | Apr 06, 2014, 12:02 AM IST

New Delhi: Congress today demanded that Amit Shah be arrested and banned from campaigning by Election Commission for his “hate speeches” in riot affected western UP districts, alleging that Narendra Modi and his aides were

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Amit Shah Calls for revenge in riot affected western UP

Politics | Apr 05, 2014, 04:47 PM IST

Bijnor: Raising the communal temperature in riot-affected western UP going to polls on Monday, Narendra Modi's close aide Amit Shah spoke of the current elections as being an opportunity to take "revenge for the insult"

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Varanasi,UP to lay foundation for NDA Govt,says Modi's General

Politics | Apr 03, 2014, 11:34 AM IST

Varanasi: Narendra Modi's candidature from Varanasi will help BJP gain more seats in eastern Uttar Pradesh as well as neighbouring Bihar and lay the foundation for an NDA government, his close aide Amit Shah said

ishrat court grants time to cbi on plea to make shah accused

Ishrat: Court grants time to CBI on plea to make Shah accused

India | Mar 26, 2014, 09:09 PM IST

Ahmedabad: A local court here today granted 25 days time to the CBI to reply on a plea seeking to make former Gujarat minister Amit Shah and ex-DGP K R Kaushik accused in the 2004

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Case filed against Modi, Amit Shah over slogan

Politics | Mar 25, 2014, 10:38 AM IST

Lucknow: A case has been filed in a Varanasi court against BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, party general secretary Amit Shah and city mayor Ram Gopal Mohale over a slogan hailing Modi.The case was

congress files poll code violation plaint against amit shah

Congress files poll code violation plaint against Amit Shah

Politics | Mar 19, 2014, 07:00 AM IST

Ahmedabad: Gujarat unit of Congress today lodged a complaint with the Chief Election Commissioner against BJP's Uttar Pradesh in-charge and Narendra Modi aide Amit Shah for alleged violation of the Model Code of Conduct, a

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Amit Shah challenges Kejriwal to contest against Modi in Gujarat

Politics | Mar 07, 2014, 10:48 PM IST

New Delhi: With Arvind Kejriwal questioning claims about development in Gujarat, Narendra Modi's close aide Amit Shah today asked him to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls against the Gujarat Chief Minister in the state

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Gujarat snooping controversy: Modi confidante Amit Shah to reveal everything before Commission

Politics | Mar 03, 2014, 02:02 PM IST

New Delhi: Breaking his silence for the first time over the Gujarat snooping controversy involving a woman, when he was Minister of State for Home, Narendra Modi's confidante Amit Shah has said, he would tell

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No official announcement on LS candidates yet: Shah

Politics | Jan 26, 2014, 10:57 PM IST

Varanasi: BJP today denied reports that senior leaders L K Advani or Murli Manohar Joshi could be nominated to Rajya Sabha saying the party has not “officially” announced its candidates for Lok Sabha elections “till

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Modi a leader of backward class, says Amit Shah

Politics | Jan 25, 2014, 09:39 PM IST

Ballia/Deoria: Attempting an image makeover, BJP general secretary and in-charge of UP Amit Shah projected Narendra Modi as a leader of backward class today and said construction of Ram temple was never an election issue.“Construction

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AAP is not a threat to BJP: Amit Shah

Politics | Jan 10, 2014, 12:27 PM IST

Lucknow: Amit Shah, the BJP's general secretary in-charge of Uttar Pradesh, Thursday said there was no need to fear the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).The fact that the Bharatiya Janata Party won 72 percent of the

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