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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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Will get two-thirds majority in 2017 UP polls, claims Amit Shah; lashes out at Akhilesh govt

Politics | Jun 07, 2016, 08:16 PM IST

Etah: In the latest in the string of attacks on the Samajwadi Party, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah today questioned Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on the government’s contribution towards the welfare

Jawaharlal Nehru and Amit Shah

Nehru’s nation building idea was based on replacing old traditions with imported ones: Amit Shah

Politics | Jun 06, 2016, 11:29 AM IST

Pune: Continuing BJP’s attack on Jawaharlal Nehru, party president Amit Shah on Sunday said that the first Prime Minister's idea of nation building was based on "discarding" old traditions and replacing them with "imported ideas"

Manas Deka with Amit Shah

Kanhaiya's 'attacker' greets Amit Shah, takes selfie with him

Politics | Jun 06, 2016, 09:35 AM IST

Pune: Manas Deka, accused by the JNU students leader Kanhaiya Kumar of trying to "strangle" him on board an aircraft in April, on Sunday led a delegation of Assamese youths which greeted BJP president Amit

BJP President Amit Shah

Mathura violence: Amit Shah slams SP govt, dares Mulayam to sack Shivpal Yadav

Politics | Jun 04, 2016, 07:46 PM IST

Lucknow: BJP on Saturday came out all guns blazing against Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh over Mathura violence with president Amit Shah daring SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav to sack senior minister and his

Eknath Khadse

Khadse’s sacking imminent? Maha CM Fadnavis meets BJP chief Amit Shah

Politics | Jun 02, 2016, 06:56 PM IST

Mumbai: Trouble seems to be mounting on Maharashtra Revenue minister Eknath Khadse, tackling twin charges of land grabbing and links with Underworld kingpin Dawood Ibrahim. As per latest information, BJP chief Amit Shah has sought

Amit Shah

BJP will 'uproot' SP, BSP from Uttar Pradesh: Amit Shah

Politics | May 31, 2016, 09:04 PM IST

Amit Shah today said the party will "uproot" the Samajwadi Party and BSP from Uttar Pradesh in the 2017 Assembly polls.

Akhilesh Yadav

Akhilesh Yadav slams Amit Shah's meal plan with Dalit family in Varanasi

Politics | May 31, 2016, 02:55 PM IST

Taking a swipe at BJP chief Amit Shah's plan to have a meal with a Dalit family in Varanasi, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today charged it was being done with an eye on the UP Assembly polls and said the Samajwadi Party does not see people on the ba

Amit Shah

Eye on UP polls: Amit Shah to have meal with dalit family in Varanasi

Politics | May 31, 2016, 10:27 AM IST

After its resounding victory in Assam, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has shifted focus to the assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh due next year.

Amit Shah

BJP has given a decisive and corruption free government: Amit Shah

Politics | May 30, 2016, 03:51 PM IST

Hyderabad: Hitting back at Congress for accusing the Narendra Modi government of doing nothing in the last two years, BJP president Amit Shah on Sunday said his party has given a decisive and corruption free

Amit Shah

BJP not celebrating, only giving report of work to people: Amit Shah

Politics | May 29, 2016, 10:40 PM IST

BJP chief Amit Shah today said the party was only giving a report of its work to the people.

Amit Shah

Listen to the government, Bajrang Dal is not BJP, says Shah

Politics | May 27, 2016, 08:01 PM IST

New Delhi: Downplaying a controversy over the Bajrang Dal's "self-defence training camps" in Uttar Pradesh, BJP president Amit Shah on Friday said his party's focus in next year's state assembly polls would be on development

BJP president Amit Shah

BJP chief Amit Shah confirms Cabinet reshuffle, says date not decided

Politics | May 27, 2016, 06:54 PM IST

BJP president Amit Shah on Friday confirmed that there will be a reshuffle of ranks in the two-year-old cabinet of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. However, he did not specify any time and date for the development.

Amit Shah

Given corruption free government under Modi’s leadership: Amit Shah

Politics | May 27, 2016, 02:18 PM IST

Listing the achievements of the two-year-old Narendra Modi government, BJP president Amit Shah today said that the government is ‘successful on every front, and much more work will be done in the next three years’.

Amit Shah

Modi govt established new benchmarks for development: Amit Shah

Politics | May 26, 2016, 02:57 PM IST

On the second anniversary of the Narendra Modi government, BJP President Amit Shah today said it has established "new benchmarks for development and progress" and "redefined the idea of governance and delivery".

Narendra Modi

Modi to address rally in Saharanpur, BJP plans mega celebrations

Politics | May 26, 2016, 09:49 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a rally in Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh today to mark the completion of two years of his government whereas the BJP plans to reach out to people to convey its achievements. T

Amit Shah

Samajwadi Party main rival in UP polls, yet to decide CM face: Amit Shah

Politics | May 26, 2016, 08:55 AM IST

BJP president Amit Shah on Wednesday said the party has not decided if it will project a chief ministerial candidate for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls next year and that the ruling Samajwadi Party would be the BJP's main rival.

Amit Shah

Samajwadi Party main rival in UP polls: Amit Shah

Politics | May 25, 2016, 10:03 PM IST

BJP president Amit Shah said that the ruling Samajwadi Party was his party's main rival in the assembly polls there next year.

Amit Shah

NDA govt’s work of two years will be written in golden words: Shah

Politics | May 24, 2016, 10:41 PM IST

Guwahati: BJP President Amit Shah today said NDA government’s two years in office at the Centre will be written in “golden words” in history for the many developmental works that took place during the place.

Narendra Modi and Amit Shah

Two-third people happy with Modi government's performance in two years

Politics | May 26, 2016, 02:39 PM IST

New Delhi: About two-third of the people in a survey done by a citizen engagement platform said they are happy with the two years of the Narendra Modi-led government's performance. A survey done by LocalCircles

India TV Samvaad

India TV mega conclave 'SAMVAAD' creates national headlines

Politics | May 11, 2017, 03:46 PM IST

New Delhi: Samvaad ” the first Full Day Mega Conclave by Nation’s No.1 Hindi News Channel India TV instituted to take stock of the Modi Government’s first two years in office, saw an enviable line-up

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