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.
Read MoreAmit Shah chaired a high-level meeting on the Manipur situation on Monday. Top officials including the Army Chief were present at the meet.
Home Minister Amit Shah also expressed concern over the attack on Shiv Kohri pilgrims and called for coordinated efforts to ensure the safety of pilgrims visiting Vaishno Devi, Shiv Kohri, and other shrines. He directed the security officials to keep a strict vigil on highways and sensitive points.
Shah chaired the high-level meeting three days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a similar meeting where he directed officials to deploy the "full spectrum of counter-terror capabilities" after a spate of terror incidents, including an attack on a bus carrying pilgrims.
Shah’s meeting will be held three days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a similar meeting in which he directed the officials to deploy the "full spectrum of counter-terror capabilities", after terror incidents, including an attack on a bus carrying pilgrims.
The review meeting comes in the wake of back-to-back terrorist attacks in Jammu. The attack, which occurred on Sunday, caused the bus to veer off the road and fall into a deep gorge, leaving nine dead and 41 injured.
Tamilisai Soundararajan contested from the South Chennai Lok Sabha seat. She lost the election to DMK's Tamizhachi Thangapandian.
Pema Khandu, whose political career intensed after his father's death, has become Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh for the third time consecutive time after the BJP comfortably won the Assembly election with 45 seats in a House of 60.
BJP's Pema Khandu took take oath for the third consecutive time as the chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday. Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP chief JP Nadda among other senior party leaders graced the occassion.
The swearing-in ceremony of the new Chief Minister of Odisha, Mohan Charan Majhi, was held in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday. Naveen Patnaik also attended the event.
Chandrababu Naidu has become the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh for the fourth time in a grand ceremony graced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and big leaders after Telugu Desam Party's mamoth victory in 2024 Assembly elections, held simultaneously with Lok Sabha polls.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Ministers Amit Shah, JP Nadda and Nitin Gadkari, former Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde, NCP leader Praful Patel and several other leaders attended the oath-taking ceremony.
Chandrababu Naidu became Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister for the first time in 1995. His second and third stint started in 1999 and 2014. In 2019, he lost to YSRCP's Jagan Mohan Reddy but returned to power with a brut majority in 2024 in alliance with JSP and BJP.
Aimed at reshaping the landscape of the country's criminal justice system, Shah brought the three laws last year aimed at modernising and replacing outdated British-era legislation.
Union Ministers, including S Jaishankar and Ashwini Vaishnaw, assumed their respective ministerial roles on Tuesday. Jaishankar, starting his second term as External Affairs Minister, showcased a stellar performance in navigating global issues, drawing from his rich diplomatic career.
Modi Cabinet 3.0: The council of ministers is a blend of youth and experience with senior BJP leaders including Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar retaining their ministries. Several young leaders from the BJP and allies have also been inducted.
The bus carrying pilgrims was on its way to the Shiv Khori temple when it came under attack in Teryath village in Poni area of Reasi district.
The BJP managed to win nine Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra, as against 22 won in 2019 elections, while the Shinde-led Shiv Sena emerged victorious on seven seats and Ajit Pawar-led NCP could win one seat.
The Bharatiya Janata Party suffered a major setback in the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls in Maharashtra, with its tally declining by almost half compared to 2019 elections.
On June 4, the stock market witnessed a steep selloff, resulting in a massive loss of approximately Rs 20 lakh crore within the first 20 minutes of trading.
Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: The ruling YSRCP was leading in only 10 constituencies. The NDA is also leading in 21 out of the 25 Lok Sabha seats in the state, with the TDP candidates ahead in 16 seats, followed by the BJP and the Jana Sena leading in 3 and 2 seats, respectively.
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