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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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All India Services officers should stay away from publicity: Amit Shah

India | Jul 01, 2021, 10:55 PM IST

Home Minister Amit Shah asked young IPS officers to do the needful for improving the image of police while serving their respective organisations and said there is a need for increasing public contact.

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India to soon come out with policy to deal with emerging security threats

India | Jun 30, 2021, 07:52 AM IST

The meeting discussed various other aspects, including equipping the security forces with modern equipment and involving more youngsters, start-ups and the strategic community in the field.

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EXCLUSIVE: Ghulam Nabi Azad reveals what Mehbooba said about Pak in all-party meeting with PM Modi

India | Jun 26, 2021, 12:00 AM IST

A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held Jammu and Kashmir all-party meeting, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad — who represented the grand old party in meeting with PM — in an exclusive conversation with India TV gave insights of the conversation of J&K leaders with PM Modi, issues which were discussed and Centre's conduct towards the opposition.

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Told PM we don't stand with what was done on Aug 5, 2019: Omar Abdullah

India | Jun 24, 2021, 08:05 PM IST

We told PM that we don't stand with what was done on 5th Aug 2019. We're not ready to accept it, said National Conference leader Omar Abdullah after attending PM Modi's Jammu & Kashmir all-party meeting.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee slams Centre over PM Modi's

Why was Jammu and Kashmir statehood removed, country's name tarnished globally: Mamata

India | Jun 24, 2021, 05:30 PM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's statement questioning the removal of Jammu and Kashmir statehood came as PM Modi is heading J-K all-party meeting in New Delhi.

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PM Modi, other BJP leaders pay tributes to Syama Prasad Mookerjee on death anniversary

India | Jun 23, 2021, 09:41 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi led BJP leaders on Wednesday paid tributes to party ideologue Syama Prasad Mookerjee, who founded its progenitor Jana Sangh, on his 68th death anniversary.

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Cabinet reshuffle expected? PM holds meeting with union ministers including Shah, Rajnath

Politics | Jun 20, 2021, 05:11 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday met union ministers, including Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh, at his official residence.

Dhanker had come to New Delhi to visit Home Minister Amit

Such kind of post-poll violence worst since independence: Bengal Guv Jagdeep Dhankhar

India | Jun 19, 2021, 05:12 PM IST

The Calcutta High Court on Saturday criticised the Mamata Banerjee government and observed that the state has not taken any concrete steps to address the complaints pertaining to post-poll violence.

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WB Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar to meet Amit Shah today, arrives at his residence in Delhi

India | Jun 19, 2021, 11:28 AM IST

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar who was slated to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah today, arrived at his official residence in Delhi at 11 am this morning. 

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All-round development of people of J&K Modi govt's top priority: Amit Shah

India | Jun 18, 2021, 09:30 PM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday reviewed various development projects being implemented in Jammu and Kashmir and said all-round development and welfare of the people of the union territory is the top priority of the Modi government.

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UP Assembly polls 2022: Amit Shah meets JP Nadda, Swantradev Singh

India | Jun 18, 2021, 03:09 PM IST

BJP national president JP Nadda and UP unit president Swantradev Singh on Thursday met senior leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi to discuss the way forward.

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Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar postpones departure from Delhi, likely to meet Amit Shah again

India | Jun 18, 2021, 01:55 PM IST

Dhankhar had a meeting with Shah on Thursday as well during which he is believed to have briefed the home minister about the law and order situation in the state where several incidents of post-poll violence were reported

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Amit Shah likely to visit Gujarat on June 20-21

India | Jun 18, 2021, 09:06 AM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is likely to visit his home state Gujarat for two days on June 20 and 21, sources said on Thursday.

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Bengal Governor in Delhi day after row over letter to Mamata; may meet Amit Shah, PM Modi

India | Jun 16, 2021, 10:39 AM IST

Dhankhar has been at loggerheads with the Trinamool Congress government on several issues since taking over in July 2019.

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Mission Punjab: Amit Shah, JP Nadda deliberate upon assembly polls

India | Jun 16, 2021, 10:17 AM IST

BJP prez JP Nadda, senior party leader and Amit Shah met with the party's Punjab unit head Ashwani Sharma and the party general secretary Tarun Chugh at the party headquarters in Delhi.

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Cabinet expansion, reshuffle on cards? Speculations rise as PM Modi meets union ministers, BJP chief

India | Jul 06, 2021, 08:22 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met Union ministers, including Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari, along with BJP president JP Nadda, sources said.

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Modi cabinet reshuffle on cards? PM, Amit Shah, Nadda meeting triggers speculation

India | Jun 11, 2021, 10:35 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president JP Nadda met on Friday amid speculation about a reshuffle in the Union cabinet, an exercise Modi has not undertaken since forming the government for a second time in May 2019.

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Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath meets PM Narendra Modi in Delhi

India | Jun 11, 2021, 02:01 PM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi.

UP CM Yogi Adityanath met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath meets Amit Shah, to visit PM Modi Friday

India | Jun 10, 2021, 10:54 PM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi. He will meet PM Modi on Friday.

Former Congress leader Jitin Prasada (Right) who joined BJP.

'...like garbage dumped in dustbin': Madhya Pradesh Congress on Jitin Prasada joining BJP

India | Jun 09, 2021, 07:39 PM IST

Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) lashed out at two time Lok Sabha MP and former party leader Jitin Prasada for joining BJP and said it was like dumping garbage in a dustbin.

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