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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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Modi, Shah targeted because they are from Hindi medium: Chetan Bhagat

Politics | Oct 31, 2015, 07:26 PM IST

New Delhi: Noted author Chetan Bhagat on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah have come under attack from historians, scientists and artists because they do not belong to the

bihar polls nda would come to power in bihar says amit shah

Bihar polls: NDA would come to power in Bihar, says Amit Shah

Politics | Oct 31, 2015, 06:53 AM IST

New Delhi: BJP President Amit Shah tonight steered clear of questions whether he considered the outcome of Bihar polls a referendum on the performance of the Narendra Modi government, but expressed confidence that the NDA

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Amit Shah's 'firecrackers in Pak' remark an insult to Biharis : Lalu Prasad

Politics | Oct 30, 2015, 06:11 PM IST

Patna: RJD chief Lalu Prasad today criticized BJP President Amit Shah's comment that if BJP loses Bihar Assembly elections, firecrackers would be burst in Pakistan, and termed it as an "insult" to the people of

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Bihar polls: Amit Shah has gone mad, says Lalu

Politics | Oct 30, 2015, 12:27 PM IST

Patna: RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Friday accused BJP president Amit Shah of insulting nearly 11 crore Biharis by saying firecrackers would be burst in celebration in Pakistan if the BJP loses in the Bihar

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Amit Shah's remarks an attempt to communalise Bihar polls: JD(U)

Politics | Oct 29, 2015, 10:28 PM IST

New Delhi: Janta Dal United today criticised BJP chief Amit Shah' remarks that if BJP loses in Bihar, Diwali will be celebrated in Pakistan, and said that this was an attempt to "communalise" elections as

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If BJP loses Bihar elections, Diwali will be in Pakistan: Amit Shah

Politics | Oct 29, 2015, 10:31 PM IST

Raxaul: BJP President Amit Shah today said if BJP loses in Bihar, Diwali will be celebrated in Pakistan, a statement his rivals called was an attempt to communalise the elections.“If BJP loses Bihar elections even

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Bihar Polls: Wall collapses at Amit Shah rally venue, 10 injured

Politics | Oct 29, 2015, 08:10 PM IST

Bagha (Bihar): At least 10 persons, including four children, were injured today when a wall collapsed at the rally venue of BJP president Amit Shah in Bagha police district.Superintendent of Police Anand Kumar Singh said

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Nitish Kumar dubs PM Modi as autocrat, says the PM and Amit Shah are rattled

Politics | Oct 25, 2015, 07:49 PM IST

Patna: Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed the leaders of secular alliance accusing it of pursuing regressive agenda with "18th century mindset," Chief Minister Nitish Kumar hit back dubbing Modi an "autocrat" and said

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PM Modi warns people against 'regressive agenda' of Lalu , Nitish

Politics | Oct 25, 2015, 07:20 PM IST

Chhapra/Nalanda/Patna: Taking on rivals Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad on their home turfs, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today painted them as leaders with regressive agenda with "18th century mindset", attacking the Bihar Chief Minister over

poster wars reach a crescendo in patna ahead of polls

Poster wars reach a crescendo in Patna ahead of polls

Politics | Oct 25, 2015, 02:38 PM IST

Patna: Helicopter-borne candidates and campaigners circling over villages and cities may have raised the battle pitch in Bihar literally to the skies, but posters and hoardings still rule here as opponents are using the visual campaign to the

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Perception about intolerance limited to Lutyen's Zone: Amit Shah

Politics | Oct 24, 2015, 05:05 PM IST

New Delhi: BJP president Amit Shah today dismissed protests over growing intolerance in the country as a "perception" limited to "Lutyen's Zone", the area in the heart of the seat of power in the national

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Seized black money to be spent on poor: Amit Shah in Aap Ki Adalat

Politics | Oct 24, 2015, 03:39 PM IST

New Delhi: BJP president Amit Shah has said, government would spend the entire proceeds from seizure of offshore black money on welfare programmes for the poor and there was no question of transferring Rs 15

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B'day spl: 10 facts about BJP president Amit Shah

Politics | Oct 22, 2015, 11:18 AM IST

New Delhi: Amit Shah was born as Amitbhai Anilchandra to a rich businessman, Anilchandra Shah, in Bombay in 1964.Despite his non-political family background and a Bachelor's degree in biochemistry, he chose to become a Rashtriya

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BJP committed to quotas; Nitish Kumar, Lalu Prasad polarising votes: Amit Shah

Politics | Oct 19, 2015, 06:05 PM IST

Patna: Accusing Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD chief Lalu Prasad of trying to turn the state assembly polls into a "battle between backwards and upper castes", BJP president Amit Shah today said his

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State govts answerable for Dadri, Karnataka incidents: Amit Shah

Politics | Oct 19, 2015, 06:49 PM IST

Patna: With BJP on the backfoot over beef controversy and the writers' protest against “rising intolerance”, its chief Amit Shah today said BJP cannot be blamed for incidents which occurred in states ruled by other

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Amit Shah "reprimands" BJP "motormouths" over controversial remarks

Politics | Oct 18, 2015, 11:50 PM IST

New Delhi: Facing attack from outside and growing unease within, BJP chief Amit Shah today "reprimanded" several top party leaders who had made controversial comments on the Dadri lynching and beef row after Prime Minister

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RSS mouthpiece justifies Dadri lynching; 'will Shah now summon Bhagwat,' asks Digvijaya Singh

Politics | Oct 18, 2015, 05:58 PM IST

New Delhi: While BJP high command has sent a strong signal to BJP leaders warning them against making controversial remarks on cow slaughter and Dadri lynching, the RSS mouthpiece, Panchjanya has defended the killing of

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Beef row: PM upset, BJP high command warns party leaders

Politics | Oct 18, 2015, 01:35 PM IST

New Delhi: With BJP under fire over controversial remarks of its leaders on Dadri and beef row, party chief Amit Shah has cracked the whip and warned them against making such remarks after Prime Minister

hardik patel asks amit shah not to interfere in quota stir

Hardik Patel asks Amit Shah not to interfere in quota stir

Politics | Oct 15, 2015, 07:14 AM IST

Ahmedabad: Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel has asked BJP president Amit Shah not to interfere in the ongoing agitation of the Patel community for its inclusion in the OBC reservation category. In an open message

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Dadri lynching wrong, Sangeet Som shouldn't have gone there: Amit Shah

Politics | Oct 14, 2015, 05:07 PM IST

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah has said that the lynching of a Muslim man over beef-eating rumours in Dadri of Uttar Pradesh was "wrong" and the perpetrators should be punished.He also

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