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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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Breaking News, August 1 | HIGHLIGHTS

India | Aug 07, 2023, 06:17 AM IST

IndiaTV News provides you all the breaking news, latest news, breaking story videos, Live TV on a single platform to ensure you don't miss the biggest happenings in India and the world.

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Test for Oppn's unity as Amit Shah to introduce Delhi services amendment bill in Lok Sabha today

Aug 01, 2023, 06:10 AM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will introduce The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023 in Lok Sabha on Tuesday.

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'Amit Shah had to visit MP ahead of polls as...': Digvijaya Singh takes a dig at Home Minister

Aug 18, 2023, 06:36 PM IST

Amit Shah Indore visit: The Congress's Rajya Sabha member, who was the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh between 1993 and 2003, said Shah's extensive activity in the state proves how inefficiently BJP chief ministers have run the state during the last 20 years.

Amit Shah in Indore

PM Modi known as messiah of poor, Congress did nothing for 70 years: Amit Shah

Aug 18, 2023, 06:38 PM IST

Madhya Pradesh: Ahead of the assembly election in the state, Amit Shah visited Indore on Sunday and lambasted the Congress government for doing nothing for the poor of the country.

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I am Hindu but not a fool: Kamal Nath ahead of Amit Shah's visit to poll-bound MP

Aug 18, 2023, 06:43 PM IST

According to a BJP functionary, at least 50,000 BJP party workers from the tribal-dominated Indore division are expected to attend 'Vijay Sankalp Sammelan' in Shah's presence.

BJP preparing for Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls

Madhya Pradesh: BJP gears up for Assembly polls, announces election management committee

Aug 18, 2023, 06:45 PM IST

The BJP has announced its election management committee in Madhya Pradesh ahead of the Assembly polls slated later this year. Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit the state on Sunday.

Amit Shah launches En Mann, En Makkal yatra in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu: Amit Shah slams Opposition alliance I.N.D.I.A, says nothing will happen by change in nam

Jul 28, 2023, 11:19 PM IST

Hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his Tamil pitch, Shah said that he honoured Tamil culture by installing the 'sengol' in the new parliament building.

Shah slams DMK government at the BJP rally

Tamil Nadu: Amit Shah flags off BJP's 'En Mann En Makkal Yatra' from Rameswaram | WATCH

Jul 28, 2023, 09:35 PM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah while flagging off K Annamalai's padayatra, took a jibe at the opposition's coalition saying 'naam badalane se kuchh nahi hota' (Name changing will not work).

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Tamil Nadu: Amit Shah to launch 'En Mann, En Makkal' Padayatra on July 28 ahead of Lok Sabha polls

Jul 27, 2023, 04:18 PM IST

Amit Shah in Tamil Nadu: The poll campaign, which will cover 234 assembly constituencies in the state, will be launched by the party's senior national leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah at the temple town of Rameswaram on Friday (July 28).

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Breaking News, July 27 | HIGHLIGHTS

India | Jul 27, 2023, 11:56 PM IST

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Mallikarjuna Kharge writes back to Amit Shah

'Words and government's actions contrary to each other', Mallikarjun Kharge writes back to Amit Shah

India | Jul 26, 2023, 11:50 PM IST

Kharge said he is writing to Shah on the same day the prime minister equated the opposition parties with British rulers and terrorist groups.

Amit Shah asserted the government is ready to discuss all

'Rising above party lines': Amit Shah writes letter to Oppn leaders of both Houses on Manipur issue

India | Jul 25, 2023, 07:35 PM IST

In an attempt to end the ongoing logjam between the Opposition and the government over the Manipur issue in both Houses, Home Minister Amit Shah wrote a letter to leaders of the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha.

Social media posts claim naked woman chasing cops is from

FACT CHECK: Social media posts claim naked woman chasing cops is from Manipur | Know the truth here

Jul 25, 2023, 05:38 PM IST

In this viral video of May 4, two women were paraded naked by some group of people. After this video went viral, many more similar videos with misleading claims are going viral on social media. After this, when we did a fact check of this video, the truth came to the fore.

Shah requested the Opposition to participate in the

Parliament Monsoon Session: Govt ready for discussion on Manipur issue, says Amit Shah | WATCH

India | Jul 24, 2023, 06:15 PM IST

Parliament Monsoon Session: Opposition leaders continued their protest in both Houses demanding PM Modi's statement on the Manipur issue, while Home Minister Amit Shah said he is ready for the discussion in Parliament.

Chhattisgarh: Amit Shah to review poll preparations

Chhattisgarh: Amit Shah in Raipur to review BJP's poll preparations

India | Jul 22, 2023, 11:03 PM IST

Amit Shah arrived in Chhattisgarh's Raipur on Saturday evening to review BJP's poll preparedness. He will hold a key meeting with the party leaders before departing for the national capital on Sunday.

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Modi-led BJP won 224 seats with 50 per cent vote share in 2019: Complete list of seats and states

Jul 20, 2023, 03:33 PM IST

The Prime Minister indicated that even the coming together of 26 Opposition parties is not enough to stop his electoral winning juggernaut. In 2014, the BJP won 136 seats with over 50% of the vote share.

Sahara India refund portal launched

Sahara India refund portal launched: Check direct link, claim process | All DETAILS

Jul 19, 2023, 03:28 PM IST

Sahara India refund portal: The Centre on Tuesday launched the Sahara India refund portal aiming to refund Rs 5,000 crore of depositors whose funds are struck in four cooperative societies of Sahara Group.

CRCS-Sahara Refund Portal launched

CRCS-Sahara Refund Portal to help crores of Sahara depositors get refund: Amit Shah

Business | Jul 18, 2023, 04:02 PM IST

CRCS Sahara Refund Portal: Union Minister Amir Shah on Monday assured the depositors that they will get the refund in 45 days after registering on the portal.

NDA meeting

'NDA stands for New India, Development, Aspiration': PM Modi at key meet in Delhi

India | Jul 18, 2023, 11:47 PM IST

NDA Meet LIVE UPDATES: The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance is holding a big show of strength in Delhi today in order to take on the challenge posed by the new opposition alliance.

Mirabai Chanu appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and

Manipur ki praja ko bacha lijiye: Olympian Mirabai Chanu's heartfelt appeal to PM Modi amid conflict

Other Sports | Jul 18, 2023, 06:30 AM IST

Indian weightlifter made a heartfelt appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah to resolve conflict in her troubled home state of Manipur, where the clashes have been going on for more than two months.

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