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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 discusses Lalit Modi case with PM Modi, Raje to continue as Rajasthan CM

Politics | Jun 27, 2015, 11:41 AM IST

New Delhi: BJP president Amit Shah met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday night and is understood to have discussed the party's strategy over a fresh disclosure that Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje was allegedly

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LK Advani missing from event on Emergency but Amit Shah was in attendance

Politics | Jun 25, 2015, 11:23 PM IST

New Delhi: The absence of BJP leader L K Advani at an event to mark 40 years of Emergency, where party chief Amit Shah was the main speaker, set off speculation whether the veteran leader

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Meeting of Joint Parliament Panel on land bill today; 5 other news events of the day

India | Jun 23, 2015, 10:15 AM IST

Meeting of Joint Parliament Panel on land bill todayDelhi: Meeting of Joint Parliament Panel on land bill scheduled at 11am today.BJP president Amit Shah to address public meeting todayGadag (Karnataka): BJP president Amit Shah will

amit shah avoids practicing yoga in patna

Amit Shah avoids practicing yoga in Patna

Politics | Jun 21, 2015, 09:41 AM IST

Patna:  Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah attended a yoga camp held here on Sunday, but left hundreds of people disappointed by not performing any asanas."Amit Shah participated in yoga camp at Moinul Haque

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Lalit Modi row: Vasundhara Raje cancels Punjab visit, will not meet Shah, Rajnath

Politics | Jun 19, 2015, 05:42 PM IST

New Delhi: Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has cancelled her visit to Anandpur Sahib in Punjab citing health reasons amid raging Lalitgate row."Due to back pain, the Chief Minster's doctor has advised her to take

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Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah to visit Anandpur Sahib today; 8 other news events of the day

India | Jun 19, 2015, 09:53 AM IST

Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah to visit Anandpur Sahib todayChandigarh: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh along with BJP president Amit Shah will visit Anandpur Sahib on the occasion of the 350th anniversary celebrations of the holy

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Vasundhara Raje may come face to face with Shah, Rajnath tomorrow

Politics | Jun 18, 2015, 11:37 PM IST

New Delhi:  As Opposition mounted pressure for removal of Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on 'Lalit Modigate' row, she is expected to meet BJP chief Amit Shah and Home Minister Rajnath Singh tomorrow  on the

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Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah to attend Anandpur Sahib celebrations tomorrow

India | Jun 18, 2015, 05:06 PM IST

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and BJP President Amit Shah will visit Sri  Anandpur Sahib tomorrow to participate in 350th anniversary celebrations of the historic town. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khatter will also attend

vasundhara raje says she did not seek meeting with amit shah

Vasundhara Raje says she did not seek meeting with Amit Shah

Politics | Jun 18, 2015, 03:47 PM IST

Jaipur:  Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has neither sought an appointment with BJP chief Amit Shah nor has she been denied a meeting, her office today said amid reports that the party leadership had distanced

amit shah to take yoga lessons from muslim teacher

Amit Shah to take yoga lessons from Muslim teacher

Politics | Jun 17, 2015, 04:31 PM IST

Patna: BJP president Amit Shah will take lessons from a Muslim yoga teacher at a special camp here on June 21 - International Yoga Day.“Yoga experts Mohd Tamanna and Ashok Sarkar will teach yoga to

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Union Cabinet to hold meeting on 'Housing for All' ; 9 other news events of the day !

India | Jun 17, 2015, 10:20 AM IST

1. Union Cabinet to hold meeting on ‘Housing for All'Delhi:  Cabinet meeting today at 11 am south block. In the meeting, cabinet is sought to clear Housing for All by 2022.  Private builders to be

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Refused Amit Shah's offer to merge HAM with BJP, says Jitan Ram Manjhi

Politics | Jun 15, 2015, 06:40 AM IST

Patna: Former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Sunday said he has refused BJP chief Amit Shah's offer to merge his Hindustani Awami Morcha (HAM) ahead of the assembly polls and would only join

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BJP slams Nitish for barbs on party, Amit Shah

Politics | Jun 14, 2015, 10:31 PM IST

Patna: Retaliating to Nitish Kumar's barbs on BJP and party president Amit Shah over Yoga Day celebrations, the Bharatiya Janata Party today termed the chief minister's remark as "inappropriate" saying it was an outcome of

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Govt, BJP, RSS stand by Sushma Swaraj

Politics | Jun 14, 2015, 07:46 PM IST

New Delhi:  Rejecting opposition demands for Sushma Swaraj's resignation, the government, the BJP as well as RSS today defended the External Affairs Minister over the Lalit Modi travel documents issue, asserting that she had done

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NDA to campaign jointly in Bihar, Amit Shah meets Paswan

Politics | Jun 13, 2015, 08:42 PM IST

New Delhi: BJP chief Amit Shah today held talks with Lok Janshakti Party head Ram Vilas Paswan as BJP-led NDA today decided to jointly campaign in Bihar assembly polls, slated later this, to take on

bjp in caste balancing act ahead of bihar polls

BJP in caste balancing act ahead of Bihar polls

Politics | Jun 13, 2015, 04:15 PM IST

Patna: Despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for an end to caste-based politics in Bihar, a deep-rooted tussle in the BJP between upper caste and other back caste (OBCs) leaders, ahead of assembly polls later

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Ananth Kumar made BJP's Bihar poll in-charge

Politics | Jun 12, 2015, 11:25 PM IST

New Delhi: Union Minister Ananth Kumar was today made election in-charge of BJP in poll-bound Bihar where it will take on the formidable RJD-JD(U)-Congress combine.Kumar will be assisted by another Union minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, a

ex odisha cm giridhar gamang joins bjp

Ex-Odisha CM Giridhar Gamang joins BJP

Politics | Jun 12, 2015, 09:00 PM IST

New Delhi: Former Odisha Chief Minister Giridhar Gamang today met BJP president Amit Shah and announced that he was joining the party.While the party leadership is reported to have accepted his joining, his formal joining

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RBI monetary policy review today; 7 other major events of the day

India | Jun 02, 2015, 10:00 AM IST

1. RBI monetary policy review; central bank may slash rates by 25 bpsMumbai: Raghuram Rajan-led Reserve Bank of India is expected to cut its key policy rates by at least 25 basis points in its

beef ban up to state governments says amit shah

Beef ban up to state governments, says Amit Shah

Politics | May 29, 2015, 02:48 PM IST

Panaji: It was up to the respective state BJP governments to decide on banning cattle slaughter, after taking into account the sentiments of the local population, party president Amit Shah said on Thursday.Shah clarified that

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