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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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Ravi Kishan today joined the BJP in presence of Amit Shah

Ravi Kishan joins BJP, says 'focus is on development'

Politics | Feb 19, 2017, 12:26 PM IST

Bhojpuri actor Ravi Kishan on Sunday formally joined the BJP in the presence of national president Amit Shah.

File pic - BJP president Amit Shah speaks to media

By joining hands with Cong, Akhilesh has conceded defeat: Shah

Politics | Feb 18, 2017, 02:38 PM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah today termed the fledgling Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance as a ‘last minute stop gap arrangement’.

BJP president Amit Shah

SP, Congress locked in 'unholy alliance': Amit Shah

Politics | Feb 13, 2017, 11:19 AM IST

BJP president Amit Shah has said that the Samjawadi Party and Congress have entered in an ‘unholy alliance to hide their failures’.

BJP President Amit Shah in India TV conclave Chunav Manch

Chunav Manch: Status quo on reservation to continue, says BJP chief Amit Shah

Politics | Feb 04, 2017, 10:45 PM IST

BJP president Amit Shah said today in Chunav Manch that the status quo on reservation will not be touched by the government in any case.

Amit Shah

UP polls: BJP president Amit Shah promises ‘anti-Romeo’ squads to protect girls from eve-teasers

Politics | Feb 03, 2017, 03:34 PM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah today said that if his party forms the next government in the state, it will make sure that the girls are saved from eve-teasers.

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Curb on political funding fulfilment of PM Modi’s promise of transparency: Amit Shah

Politics | Feb 01, 2017, 04:19 PM IST

BJP president Amit Shah today hailed the Union Budget tabled by the government saying ‘it is aimed at all-round development with sops for the youth, women, farmers, the poor and middle class’.

BJP ready to accept UP polls as referendum on

BJP ready to accept UP polls as referendum on demonetisation: Amit Shah

Politics | Jan 30, 2017, 09:09 AM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah on Sunday said the upcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh "would not be a referendum on demonetisation policy, but if the opposition wanted to play it that way, then the BJP was game for it".

BJP's manifesto promises construction of Ram temple under

UP polls: BJP's manifesto promises construction of Ram temple under constitutional ambit

Politics | Jan 28, 2017, 06:57 PM IST

BJP President Amit Shah today released the party's manifesto for Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections promising to make efforts to ensure construction of Ram temple under constitutional provisions if voted to power. The manifesto, called 'Lok

Amit Shah releases manifesto for UP polls

UP polls: BJP in favour of early construction of Ram Temple within Constitutional framework, says Amit Shah

Politics | Jan 28, 2017, 04:48 PM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah today released the manifesto titled 'Lok Kalyan Sankalp Patra' (Pledge for People's Welfare) for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.

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BJP to launch 'aggressive' campaign against SP-Cong alliance in UP; to release manifesto today

Politics | Jan 28, 2017, 02:53 PM IST

With barely a fortnight left for the Uttar Pradesh polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) plans to go full throttle with its campaigning after BJP chief Amit Shah releases the party manifesto here today.

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BJP will clinch UP polls with two-thirds majority: Amit Shah

Politics | Jan 23, 2017, 09:38 PM IST

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is confident of winning with a two-third majority in the Uttar Pradesh assembly election, party President Amit Shah said today. He also claimed that the "family drama" in that state's

File pic - Amit Shah, Narendra Modi, Rajnath Singh

Maoists planning to target PM Modi, Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah during election rallies: Report

Politics | Jan 21, 2017, 12:21 PM IST

Intelligence agencies have warned that Maoists and several other groups may target Prime Minister Narendra Modi during elections rallies in five states that are going to polls from next month.

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People overwhelmingly supported us on note ban: Amit Shah

Politics | Jan 06, 2017, 11:39 PM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party chief Amit Shah today said that people have overwhelmingly supported Prime Minister Narendra Modi's note ban decision, despite facing hardships and the opposition's misinformation campaign Shah also asserted that the BJP's figh

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India could take another 'out of box' action against Pakistan, warns Amit Shah

India | Jan 06, 2017, 06:08 PM IST

If Pakistan continues to indulge in proxy war against India, the Narendra Modi government would not shy away from taking another "out of the box" action against it, BJP President Amit Shah told the party

BJP's two-day National Executive meeting in Delhi to begin

BJP's two-day National Executive meeting in Delhi to begin today

Politics | Jan 06, 2017, 11:00 AM IST

Ahead of the crucial assembly polls in five states including Uttar Pradesh, a two-day BJP National Executive meet will begin here today where the government's demonetisation move is likely to be hailed as an important step in its war against black mo

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Amit Shah dubs Chandigarh win as people's stamp of approval on demonetisation

Politics | Dec 20, 2016, 05:48 PM IST

Elated with BJP's win in Chandigarh Municipal Corporation polls, party president Amit Shah today said its victory in elections in different parts of the country following demonetisation shows popular mood and should serve as a

Amit Shah in Aap Ki Adalat

Cash crunch woes will be largely over by Dec 30, Amit Shah tells Aap Ki Adalat

Politics | Dec 17, 2016, 02:30 PM IST

BJP President Amit Shah has said that the 50-day deadline, ending December 30, was fixed after much "careful planning", and most of the cash crunch woes at ATMs and banks would be over by this deadline. Business in factories will be back to normal in

Amit Shah

‘Poisonous snakes’ like SP, BSP, Congress stalling development of UP: Amit Shah

Politics | Dec 16, 2016, 05:13 PM IST

BJP President Amit Shah today compared SP, BSP and Congress to "poisonous snakes" and accused them of "stalling" development of Uttar Pradesh forcing its youths to migrate to other states for menial jobs.

Amit Shah

Note ban will change India’s fate for next 50 years, says Amit Shah

Politics | Dec 12, 2016, 02:07 PM IST

Defending the central government’s November 8 decision to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes, BJP president Amit Shah on Sunday said that the move would "change the fate of the country for the next 50 years".

PM Modi with Amit Shah

Samajwadi Party leader announces ‘reward’ for beheading PM Narendra Modi, BJP chief Amit Shah: Report

Politics | Dec 10, 2016, 12:11 PM IST

A leader of Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh has announced “appropriate reward” for anyone who would “behead Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah” for creating an “Emergency-like situation” through demonetisation and being “responsibl

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