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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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PM Modi

UP in focus of Modi, Shah events for govt’s 2nd anniversary

Politics | May 17, 2016, 08:02 PM IST

New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh will be at the centre of BJP’s celebration of Narendra Modi government’s second anniversary with the Prime Minister set to address a rally in the state on May 26 and almost

India TV Samvaad

Reflecting on the past, looking into the future: IndiaTV Samvaad draws to close with healthy exchange of ideas

Politics | May 16, 2016, 11:47 PM IST

India TV Samvaad, IndiaTV’s daylong conclave to analyse the government’s hits and misses, drew to a close with a healthy exchange of ideas and suggestions to the government.

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Media should not have overplayed PM Modi's degree row: Amit Shah at India TV Samvaad

Politics | May 11, 2017, 03:50 PM IST

New Delhi: BJP president Amit Shah today slammed media for 'irresponsibly' handling the row over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's educational degrees. Speaking at India TV's Mega Conclave 'Samvaad' , he said that media didn’t

Amit Shah

Sonia-Manmohan government made new corruption records: Amit Shah

Politics | May 15, 2016, 10:55 PM IST

BJP chief Amit Shah today said the erstwhile "Sonia-Manmohan Singh" government made new records in corruption with scams like AgustaWestland taking place under its guard

Amit Shah

UPA government left 'empty coffers': Amit Shah

Politics | May 15, 2016, 06:45 PM IST

Dahod (Gujarat): The previous UPA government left “empty coffers” after its 10-year rule which made it difficult for the present NDA dispensation to work for the poor, BJP president Amit Shah said in Dahod on

Amit Shah

Amit Shah slams Puducherry govt for failing to implement Centre’s welfare schemes

Politics | May 14, 2016, 05:05 PM IST

Puducherry: BJP President Amit Shah on Saturday charged the All India N R Congress (AINRC) government here with having failed to bring in several welfare measures. While theNDA government had evolved and implemented in many

Amit Shah

Amit Shah takes holy dip with Dalit Sadhus in Ujjain

Politics | May 11, 2016, 02:58 PM IST

Ujjain: BJP president Amit Shah today took a holy dip with Dalit Sadhus in Kshipra river at the ongoing 'Singhast Kumbh' in Ujjain, a move that many see as BJP's attempt to woo Dalits. The

Amit Shah

Everyone is aware of Sonia's love for country: Amit Shah

Politics | May 10, 2016, 10:12 PM IST

Malampuzha/Thiruvananthapuram: BJP chief Amit Shah today took a dig at Congress President Sonia Gandhi, saying everyone was aware of her "love for her son, National Herald and 2G". "Soniaji, everyone in this country is aware

Ashutosh

AAP refuses to back down, says PM Modi's degrees released by BJP are forged

Politics | May 09, 2016, 03:17 PM IST

New Delhi: Minutes after BJP top brass released Prime Minister Narendra Modi's degrees, the Aam Aadmi party also held a presser and alleged the degrees shown by them are fake. AAP leader Ashutosh said that

Amit Shah produces BA degree of PM Modi, accuses Kejriwal

BJP produces BA, MA degrees of PM Modi, asks Kejriwal to apologise

Politics | May 09, 2016, 02:10 PM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today slammed Delhi Chief Minister for spreading lies about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s educational qualifications.

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INDIA TV announces mega conclave ‘SAMVAAD’, promises to take stock of 2 years of Modi govt

Politics | May 09, 2016, 02:58 PM IST

While on the ratings front India TV has been breaking all records in the last few weeks, the channel announced yet another top initiative, this time in form of a full-day mega conclave.

BJP president Amit Shah

BJP National Executive likely to meet on June 11-12

Politics | May 08, 2016, 11:10 AM IST

New Delhi: The BJP National Executive is set to meet next month and party president Amit Shah is expected to recast the key decision making body and other frontal organisations before the exercise. Party

Amit Shah

Kerala Assembly Elections: BJP president Amit Shah cancels poll visit

Politics | May 01, 2016, 06:26 PM IST

Thiruvananthapuram: BJP President Amit Shah, who was to kickoff his campaign tour of Kerala for the May 16 assembly elections on Sunday, has cancelled his visit following indisposition. Shah was scheduled to arrive at the

Randeep Singh Surjewala

Amit Shah trying to create smokescreen with lies: Congress

Politics | Apr 30, 2016, 04:42 PM IST

New Delhi:Congress today trashed BJP chief Amit Shah's charges against Sonia Gandhi and party leaders on AgustaWestland deal, terming them as "deliberate lies", and demanded that he apologise for his "politics of deceit" and attempts

Amit Shah-Sonia Gandhi

Amit Shah targets Sonia again, poses questions to her

Politics | Apr 29, 2016, 05:29 PM IST

Ahmedabad: Intensifying his attack, BJP President Amit Shah today targeted Congress chief Sonia Gandhi once again over the VVIP chopper scam asking her to explain a ”number of relaxations” given to AgustaWestland which, he alleged,

Amit Shah attack on Congress chief Sonia Gandhi

Sonia Gandhi should reveal who got ‘kickbacks’ in AgustaWestland scam: Amit Shah

Politics | Apr 28, 2016, 05:40 PM IST

New Delhi: BJP chief Amit Shah on Thursday launched a sharp attack on Congress chief Sonia Gandhi over the VVIP chopper scam and asked her to name those who received the “kickbacks”. ”All I want

Amit Shah

Amit Shah questions Mamata Banerjee’s silence on AgustaWestland chopper deal

Politics | Apr 27, 2016, 11:50 PM IST

Kolkata: On a day when the VVIP chopper scam sparked tensions in parliament, BJP chief Amit Shah on Wednesday questioned the silence of West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee on the

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PM Modi, Amit Shah ordered staged shootout in Ishrat Jahan case, says Congress

Politics | Apr 24, 2016, 11:19 PM IST

New Delhi: The Congress today said the Gujarat Police killed Ishrat Jahan in a staged shootout in 2004 on the orders of the then chief minister Narendra Modi and BJP leader Amit Shah. The opposition

Sreesanth with BJP President Amit Shah

Kerala polls: Can Sreesanth create history by becoming the first BJP MLA in the state?

Politics | Apr 24, 2016, 09:51 AM IST

It will be interesting to see if Sreesanth succeeds in proving political pundits of the state wrong and creates history by becoming the first BJP MLA in the state.

Narendra Modi with Amit Shah

36 years of BJP: A journey from ‘Atal-Advani’ to ‘Modi-Shah’ era

Politics | Apr 06, 2016, 07:22 PM IST

Today, a new generation has taken over the mantle and instead of ‘Atal-Advani’, the new buzz word in the party is ‘Modi-shah’.

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