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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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Suvendu Adhikari meets Amit Shah

Suvendu Adhikari meets Amit Shah in Delhi, will call on PM Modi tomorrow

India | Jun 08, 2021, 01:08 PM IST

BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah at the latter's residence in Delhi.

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Amit Shah inaugurates 9 oxygen plants at hospitals in Gujarat

India | Jun 03, 2021, 02:45 PM IST

The oxygen plants have been set up by an NGO - Vallabh Youth Organisation - at hospitals in Tilakvada, Sagbara, Ahmedabad (Sola civil), Daskroi in Ahmedabad district, Kalavad, Kapadvanj, Bhanwad, Mehsana and Porbandar

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'CM's conduct an insult to people of Bengal': MP CM on Mamata's late arrival for cyclone review meet

India | May 29, 2021, 08:10 AM IST

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday took a dig at West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee by calling her conduct "an insult to people of Bengal". 

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'Arrogance, petty behaviour': Amit Shah bashes Mamata Banerjee for skipping cyclone review meeting

India | May 28, 2021, 08:38 PM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for skipping a review meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi over damage caused by cyclone Yaas in the state saying it was her arrogance above public welfare.

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Cyclone Yaas: Amit Shah reviews preparation with CMs of Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh

India | May 24, 2021, 04:35 PM IST

​Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday reviewed the preparations for Cyclone Yaas including the evacuation of people on the high seas as well as in vulnerable coastal areas and the safety of COVID-19 facilities.

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Cyclone Tauktae: Amit Shah speaks to Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan CMs

India | May 18, 2021, 02:17 PM IST

Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday spoke to the chief ministers of Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Rajasthan and took stock of the situation in their states after the landfall of Cyclone Tauktae

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Cyclone Tauktae: Amit Shah stresses on protection of COVID hospitals, oxygen plants

India | May 16, 2021, 08:27 PM IST

At a video-conference with CMs of Gujarat, Maharashtra and the administrators of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Shah also advised them to ensure adequate stocks of all essential medicines and supplies in the hospitals, keeping in view a likely disruption in the movement of vehicles, a statement issued by the Union home ministry said.

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International Nurses Day: Amit Shah praises nurses for their relentless service to mankind

India | May 12, 2021, 04:30 PM IST

"We salute our nursing staff for their selfless care, devotion and commitment," Shah said on his Twitter account.

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Assam BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma meets party chief J P Nadda, Amit Shah in Delhi

India | May 08, 2021, 12:10 PM IST

Both Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Health Minister Himanta Sarma were on Friday called to New Delhi by the BJP central leadership, apparently to discuss the leadership issue of the next government.

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Former J-K governor Jagmohan passes away at 93; PM, president pay tributes

India | May 04, 2021, 02:50 PM IST

Former Jammu and Kashmir governor Jagmohan passed away after a brief spell of illness.

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Mamata scripts hat-trick to safeguard Bengal citadel, stalls BJP's poll juggernaut

Elections | May 02, 2021, 11:49 PM IST

With Mamata Banerjee powering the Trinamool Congress to a "landslide" victory in West Bengal overcoming 10 years of anti-incumbency, a full-throttle BJP campaign and a rebellious former lieutenant, she has become the "natural leader" to guide the Opposition's politics against the BJP in the coming days, some leaders said Sunday.

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Assam earthquake: PM Modi, Amit Shah, Sitharaman assure all possible help to state

India | Apr 28, 2021, 05:03 PM IST

An earthquake of 6. 4 magnitude, followed by a series of aftershocks, hit Assam this morning, causing widespread damage in the Northeast state

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COVID-19: Amit Shah inaugurates PSA oxygen plant in Gujarat's Gandhinagar

India | Apr 24, 2021, 04:44 PM IST

Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani and Deputy CM Nitin Patel were also present on the occasion.

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1200-bed special Covid-19 hospital to come up in Gandhinagar: Amit Shah

India | Apr 24, 2021, 06:27 AM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced that a 1200-bed hospital will be set up by DRDO in Gandhinagar at helipad ground in collaboration with Tata Trust.

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Remdesivir production adequate, export banned precautionary: Shah

India | Apr 19, 2021, 10:37 AM IST

Amit Shah has said that the production of Remdesivir is 'adequate' and as a precautionary measure its export has been banned.

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Amit Shah holds roadshow in Bengal's Nadia ahead of phase 6 polls

India | Apr 18, 2021, 11:22 PM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday held a roadshow at Bethuaduari in Nadia district to drum up support for BJP candidate from Nakashipara assembly constituency.

Only BJP can stop infiltration; Mamata's secularism fake: Amit Shah

Only BJP can stop infiltration; Mamata's secularism fake: Amit Shah

Elections | Apr 17, 2021, 07:18 PM IST

 Speaking at public rallies at Ausgram in West Bengal's Purba Bardhaman district and Chapra in Nadia district, the senior BJP leader alleged that infiltrators serve as the votebank of the TMC.

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TMC spreading lies about NRC, it will have no impact on Gorkhas: Amit Shah

Elections | Apr 12, 2021, 08:57 PM IST

Amit Shah has alleged that the Trinamool Congress is lying about the possible fallout of NRC on the Gorkhas in order to create fear among them.

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BJP tweaks Bengal campaign plan, to hold over 2,000 'potho sabhas' in greater Kolkata region

Elections | Apr 13, 2021, 12:01 AM IST

Adding a completely new dimension to campaigning for the remaining four phases of polls, the saffron party will be holding 'potho sabhas' (street corner meetings) focusing on 40 constituencies spread across the greater Kolkata region.

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Bengal polls 2021: PM Modi, Amit Shah to hold multiple rallies today

India | Apr 12, 2021, 08:51 AM IST

Polling for the first four phases has been concluded in West Bengal. Violence erupted at a polling booth in Cooch Behar during the fourth round of polling. 

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