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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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Politics | Dec 20, 2015, 08:11 AM IST

New Delhi: In a veiled attack on his fellow party member and his known detractor Kirti Azad , Union Minister Finanace Arun Jaitley has accused the BJP MP from Darbhanga of targetting him in collusion with

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Politics | Dec 18, 2015, 10:06 PM IST

New Delhi: Amid the ensuing slugfest over charges and counter-charges of corruption between the AAP and ruling BJP, party chief Amit Shah today summoned MP Kirti Azad, a party MP from Darbhanga, to apparently dissuade

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Politics | Nov 17, 2015, 01:18 PM IST

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India | Nov 14, 2015, 10:03 AM IST

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Politics | Nov 12, 2015, 05:50 PM IST

New Delhi: Opinion in the top echelons of BJP remained divided on whether action should be taken against senior party leaders who have attacked Narendra Modi-Amit Shah duo over the Bihar poll debacle with Home

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Gadkari demands action against those criticising PM Modi, Shah

Politics | Nov 12, 2015, 11:08 AM IST

Nagpur: Union minister Nitin Gadkari today defended Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party President Amit Shah over the stunning defeat in Bihar Assembly polls."Blaming Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah for Bihar

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Politics | Nov 10, 2015, 10:18 PM IST

New Delhi: Senior BJP leaders L.K. Advani, Murli Manohar,Yashwant Sinha on Tuesday took on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah over the party's poor performance in the Bihar elections."The result of the

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Jitan Manjhi blames RSS, Amit Shah for Bihar debacle

Politics | Nov 09, 2015, 06:20 PM IST

Patna: Former chief minister and HAM president Jitan Ram Manjhi on Monday blamed RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and BJP president Amit Shah for the debacle of the BJP-led alliance in Bihar."Bhagwat's statement on review of

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Politics | Nov 09, 2015, 02:32 PM IST

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Politics | Nov 09, 2015, 08:19 PM IST

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Politics | Nov 08, 2015, 09:53 PM IST

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Politics | Nov 08, 2015, 09:01 PM IST

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Politics | Nov 08, 2015, 08:50 PM IST

New Delhi: Rumblings of discontent in the BJP followed the party's disastrous performance in Bihar Assembly elections today with its president Amit Shah coming under attack over the "high-pitched" campaign crafted by him."It seems that

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Politics | Nov 08, 2015, 03:15 PM IST

New Delhi: Conceding defeat, BJP chief Amit Shah today congratulated Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD chief Lalu Prasad on their massive victory and said his party respected the people's mandate.  “Our good wishes

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Politics | Nov 08, 2015, 11:56 PM IST

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Politics | Nov 05, 2015, 07:15 PM IST

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Politics | Nov 02, 2015, 08:16 AM IST

New Delhi: The Election Commission on Sunday issued showcause notices to BJP president Amit Shah, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and RJD chief Lalu Prasad, after it held they had “prima facie” violated the model

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Politics | Oct 31, 2015, 07:23 PM IST

New Delhi: Author Chetan Bhagat on Friday kicked up a storm by saying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah have come under attack from historians, scientists and artists because they do

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Politics | Oct 31, 2015, 05:57 PM IST

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Politics | Oct 31, 2015, 07:51 PM IST

New Delhi: Bihar will witness fourth and penultimate phase of Assembly polls on November 1, 2015. If there is one party which has the maximum state in this phase then it's the Bhartiya Janata Party

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