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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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amit shah slams nitish over bribery video dares to name

Amit Shah slams Nitish over bribery video, dares to name other ministers involved

Politics | Oct 13, 2015, 11:36 PM IST

Patna: Attacking Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over the bribery video sting, BJP chief Amit Shah today dared him to make public the names of five other ministers who were allegedly involved in the scandal besides

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Nitish Kumar carrying jungle raj, corruption on shoulders: Amit Shah

Politics | Oct 10, 2015, 04:04 PM IST

Patna : BJP President Amit Shah said on Saturday Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar cannot develop Bihar and govern it carrying Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad's jungle raj on one shoulder and Congress' corruption on

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Bihar polls: Lalu attacks Amit Shah, calls him 'narbhakshi'

Politics | Oct 10, 2015, 02:32 PM IST

New Delhi: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav today said that BJP president Amit Shah is a 'narbhakshi' (cannibal).He said that the BJP was over and there was no hope for their victory

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Bihar polls: BJP moves EC to have FIR against Amit Shah withdrawn

Politics | Oct 08, 2015, 10:50 PM IST

New Delhi: BJP today approached the Election Commission seeking immediate withdrawal of an FIR against its chief Amit Shah for his "Chara chor" (fodder thief) remarks against RJD chief Lalu Prasad and demanded action against

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Bihar polls: Caste matrix brings cheer to JD-U & Congress in Bhagalpur

Politics | Oct 08, 2015, 01:41 PM IST

Bhagalpur : Thanks to Bihar's known caste equations, the "Grand Alliance" appears to be sitting pretty in most of Bhagalpur's seven assembly constituencies. This is bad news for the BJP.Political activists admit that social engineering

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Lalu Yadav, Amit Shah booked for use of 'abusive' words

Politics | Oct 07, 2015, 08:31 AM IST

Patna: FIRs were lodged against BJP president Amit Shah and RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Tuesday for allegedly violating the election code ahead of the Bihar assembly polls.While Prasad has been booked for his “Narbhakshi”

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Nitish Kumar is mask of Jungle Raj 2: Amit Shah

Politics | Oct 07, 2015, 07:36 AM IST

Bhagalpur/Rosera: Terming Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as a "mask" of the Grand Secular Alliance, BJP president Amit Shah today said that it would be "Jungle Raj-2" if Kumar returned to power."Nitish Kumar is only

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Bihar can't develop under Nitish-Lalu-Congress grand alliance: Amit Shah

Politics | Oct 04, 2015, 07:36 PM IST

Muzaffarnagar: BJP national President Amit Shah on Sunday said Chief Minister Nitish Kumar won't be able to bring development to Bihar by carrying two allies, Congress and RJD, on his shoulders."The Congress had presided over

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Bihar polls: After PM Modi, Amit Shah fires 'arrogant' salvo at Nitish

Politics | Oct 03, 2015, 07:01 PM IST

Patna/Purnea: A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi blasted Bihar CM Nitish Kumar for being "arrogant" enough to reject the special package, BJP President Amit Shah also attacked Kumar on similar line, stating that he

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Bihar polls: Amit Shah says Nitish Kumar is a 'backstabber', attacks Lalu

Politics | Sep 30, 2015, 07:41 PM IST

Begusarai: BJP president Amit Shah today attacked Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, accusing him of backstabbing the NDA by snapping ties and said it was in line with his habit of "deceit" to grab power."Nitish

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Decision to join BJP influenced by 'Make in India', other projects: Kalam's grand nephew

India | Sep 30, 2015, 07:30 PM IST

Rameswaram: Former President late APJ Abdul Kalam's grand nephew APJ Sheik Saleem, who joined the BJP recently, today said his decision to join the party was influenced by its development programmes like 'Make in India'.Saleem

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Amit Shah's official website launched

Politics | Sep 26, 2015, 05:59 PM IST

New Delhi: BJP general secretary Ram Lal today launched the website of party chief Amit Shah, who hoped it will help interact with the people of the country and party workers."I always receive complaints from

don t think present quota system needs review amit shah

Don't think present quota system needs review: Amit Shah

Politics | Sep 23, 2015, 07:32 AM IST

Patna: BJP President Amit Shah yesterday said his party believed in the existing reservation system and there was no need for its review even as remarks by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in this regard were

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Election Commission seeks explanation from Amit Shah over Joy Banerjee's remarks

Politics | Sep 22, 2015, 09:55 PM IST

New Delhi: Taking umbrage at the remarks of a West Bengal BJP leader that the Election Commission is now under the party's “control”, the poll watchdog on Tuesday asked its national president Amit Shah to

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A person who faced legal restrains shouldn't talk about jungle raaj: Congress retorts to Shah

Politics | Sep 14, 2015, 11:46 PM IST

New Delhi: In a sharp retort to Amit Shah for his attack on the grand 'secular' alliance in Bihar, Congress today reminded the BJP president of the Gujarat riots cases and said a person who

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Bihar polls 2015: Manjhi 'fully satisfied' with 20 seats, calls truce with Paswan

Politics | Sep 14, 2015, 07:48 PM IST

New Delhi: After getting more seats than offered earlier, former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Monday said he was "fully satisfied" with the seat-sharing arrangement among NDA allies for contesting the state assembly

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Bihar polls: NDA partners reach seat sharing agreement

Politics | Sep 14, 2015, 01:51 PM IST

New Delhi: The NDA partners in Bihar finally reached a seat-sharing agreement for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections.BJP president Amit Shah today announced that out of total 243 seats, his party will contest 160 seats.While

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Bihar polls: BJP-Jitan Ram Manjhi seal seat sharing deal

Politics | Sep 14, 2015, 11:50 AM IST

New Delhi: In a fresh development, it is learnt that the BJP and former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi have sealed seat sharing agreement for the upcoming Bihar assembly polls.Sources said that Hindustani Avam Morcha

amit shah praises rss for efforts to integrate ne with rest

Amit Shah praises RSS for efforts to integrate NE with rest of country

Politics | Sep 13, 2015, 09:28 PM IST

New Delhi: BJP chief Amit Shah today heaped lavish praise at RSS for its effort to integrate North East with rest of India as he felicitated noted Gandhian Natwar Thakkar for his life-long contribution in

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ABVP win in Delhi University, JNU shows youth's support for Modi: Amit Shah

Politics | Sep 13, 2015, 08:44 PM IST

New Delhi:  BJP chief Amit Shah on Sunday said the ABVP's clean sweep in Delhi University student union polls showed nationwide "approval" of the Modi government's policies among the youth, claiming that institutions like DU

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