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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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VIDEOS

Super 100: Ready to talk as soon as farmers shift protest to structured place, says Shah

News | Nov 29, 2020, 08:35 AM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said to the protesting farmers that government ready to hold talks.

Aaj Ka Viral: Decoding the truth behind kid singing Sufi song

News | Nov 25, 2020, 03:20 PM IST

Watch India TV's exclusive show where we tell all the truth behind viral videos | 25 November , 2020

Aaj Ka Viral: Shops using free electricity under the garb of Jama Masjid in Delhi?

News | Nov 24, 2020, 03:08 PM IST

Watch India TV's exclusive show where we tell all the truth behind viral videos | November 20, 2020

PM Modi, Chief Ministers brainstorm vaccine distribution strategy

News | Nov 24, 2020, 11:45 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Ministers of various states are currently brainstorming over the Covid vaccine distribution strategy.

HM Amit Shah flags off mobile RT-PCR lab in Delhi

News | Nov 23, 2020, 08:26 PM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah flagged off a mobile RT-PCR lab on November 23 at ICMR headquarters in Ansari Nagar.

Aaj Ka Viral: Baby gets angry while getting a haircut

News | Nov 23, 2020, 03:11 PM IST

Watch India TV's exclusive show where we tell all the truth behind viral videos | November 20, 2020

Amit Shah challenges DMK, Congress for debate over development in Tamil Nadu

News | Nov 21, 2020, 11:27 PM IST

After inaugurating various development projects in Tamil Nadu, Home Minister Amit Shah on November 21 said that the party is ready to debate with Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and Congress over development in the state.

HM Amit Shah inaugurates, lays foundation stone of development projects in Chennai

News | Nov 21, 2020, 08:26 PM IST

Union Home Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Amit Shah on November 21 inaugurated and laid foundation stone of various development projects in Tamil Nadu.

Discussed Naxal issue in detail with Amit Shah: Chhattisgarh CM on Delhi visit

News | Nov 17, 2020, 07:40 PM IST

Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Bhupesh Baghel met Union Home Minister Amit Shah at latter's residence in Delhi on November 17.

HM Shah to attend swearing-in ceremony of CM-designate Nitish Kumar

News | Nov 16, 2020, 05:54 PM IST

Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah arrived at party office in Patna on Nov 16.

Daily COVID-19 tests to be increased to over 1 Lakh: CM Arvind Kejriwal

News | Nov 15, 2020, 11:11 PM IST

After a review meeting called by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the COVID situation in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said that the Centre has assured 750 ICU beds that will be made available at the DRDO center in the national capital. The chief minister also said that the number of COVID-19 tests conducted daily to be increased to over 1 lakh.

Amit Shah inaugurates border area 'Vikasotsava 2020' event at Tent City in Rann of Kutch

News | Nov 12, 2020, 04:35 PM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated border area 'Vikasotsava 2020' event at Tent City in Rann of Kutch in Gujarat on November 12.

Amit Shah shares lunch with Matua family in Kolkata

News | Nov 06, 2020, 08:09 PM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on November 06 had lunch at the house of a Matua community member in Gouranganagar.

In the coming time, BJP will form govt in West Bengal with over 200 seats, says Amit Shah

Politics | Nov 06, 2020, 07:23 PM IST

In the coming time, BJP will form government in West Bengal with over 200 seats. The people who blessed in Lok Sabha polls will again bless us: Amit Shah

Amit Shah meets Padma Bhushan Pt Ajoy Chakrabarty in Kolkata

News | Nov 06, 2020, 06:39 PM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah met Padma Bhushan Pt Ajoy Chakrabarty in Kolkata on November 06.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah offers prayers at Kolkata's Dakshineswar Kali Temple

Politics | Nov 06, 2020, 12:34 PM IST

West Bengal is land of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Thakur Ramakrishna Paramhans, Vivekananda. Appeasement politics has hurt the state's tradition. I urge people to fulfil their responsibilities to restore pride of the state which was centre of spiritual &

Amit Shah in West Bengal: Union Home minister visits Dakshineswar Kali Temple in Kolkata

Politics | Nov 06, 2020, 12:20 PM IST

On the second day of his West Bengal visit, Union Home Minister Amit Shah reached Dakshineswar Kali Temple in Kolkata to offer prayers.

Amit Shah says, 'we will uproot TMC from West Bengal; Mamata Banerjee hits back

Politics | Nov 06, 2020, 09:26 AM IST

Amit Shah West Bengal visit: Assembly elections in the state will be held in May 2021. The BJP wants to project it as an alternative to the Trinamool Congress which is ruling the state since 2011 under Mamata Banerjee’s leadership.

Amit Shah arrives in Kolkata for 2-day visit

News | Nov 05, 2020, 10:14 AM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Kolkata on November 4 for a two-day visit. Home Minister came along with BJP's National General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya.

Navratri 2020: Amit Shah offers prayers at Bahuchara Mata Temple

News | Oct 18, 2020, 10:30 AM IST

Home Minister Amit Shah offered prayers at Bahuchara Mata temple in Gandhinagar on October 17.