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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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Delhi Polls: Fearing AAP, Shah, Jaitley take direct control of campaigning

Politics | Jan 29, 2015, 07:46 AM IST

New Delhi:  Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to engage its top leadership and ministers from the central government as the campaigning for the Delhi assembly elections is entering its final phase.  This decision was

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BJP-PDP close to seal alliance in Jammu and Kashmir

Politics | Jan 29, 2015, 07:34 AM IST

Jammu: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Jammu and Kashmir have narrowed down their differences on forging an alliance to form a ‘stable' government in the state.Both parties have agreed

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Ravishankar Prasad takes dig at Digvijay Singh

Politics | Jan 28, 2015, 11:33 PM IST

New Delhi: Union Minister Ravishankar Prasad today took a potshot at Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh and said he was “not taken seriously by his own party members” as he reacted to his jibe at

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Republic Day: How Obamas, Kiran Bedi and others ditch the rain

Lifestyle | Jan 27, 2015, 11:58 AM IST

New Delhi: With the rain playing spoilsport, the dignitaries gathered at Rajpath to witness India's 66th Republic Day parade were forced to wear caps and take cover under umbrellas and raincoats.US President Barack Obama, the

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Arvind Kejriwal will run away again, forget promises, alleges Amit Shah

Politics | Jan 25, 2015, 11:41 PM IST

New Delhi: Attacking Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal, BJP president Amit Shah today asked the people of Delhi “not to vote for a person who runs away and forgets his promises”.Addressing two meetings of

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Delhi Polls: Amit Shah attacks Arvind Kejriwal over bribery remark

Politics | Jan 24, 2015, 09:27 PM IST

New Delhi: Lashing out at Arvind Kejriwal over his “bribery remarks”, BJP president Amit Shah today said that the AAP leader has “insulted” the people of Delhi and asked them to give a befitting reply

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Parliamentary board to decide on naming CM candidate for Bihar polls: Amit Shah

Politics | Jan 24, 2015, 02:46 PM IST

Patna:  The BJP parliamentary board will decide on whether to name the chief ministerial candidate for the Bihar assembly polls later this year, party president Amit Shah said here Saturday."It is for the BJP parliamentary

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Delhi polls: Amit Shah defends projecting Kiran Bedi as chief ministerial candidate

Politics | Jan 24, 2015, 02:34 PM IST

Patna: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today strongly denied "borrowing" Kiran Bedi to win Assembly elections in Delhi and played down the controversy over the charge that she had asked India Against Corruption movement leaders

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Amit Shah describes Janata Parivar reunion 'unethical'

Politics | Jan 24, 2015, 01:34 PM IST

Patna:  Describing the efforts of merger of Janata Parivar parties as “unethical”, BJP chief Amit Shah today said his party was not bothered about it as people would reject them in the coming Bihar Assembly

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Nitish Kumar joined hands with Congress for personal ambition to be PM, says BJP President Amit Shah

Politics | Jan 23, 2015, 04:48 PM IST

Patna: BJP Chief Amit Shah today hit out at former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar accusing him joining hands with Congress to pursue his personal ambitions to become the Prime Minister and said he was

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Delhi Polls: Will get two-third majority in Delhi: Shah

Politics | Jan 23, 2015, 07:55 AM IST

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah Wednesday said the party will get two-thirds majority in the upcoming Feb 7 Delhi assembly polls.Addressing a conference of party workers in east Delhi along with

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AAP our main rival, Congress not in contest: Amit Shah

Politics | Jan 22, 2015, 11:41 PM IST

New Delhi: As the city heads for a high- pitched electoral battle, BJP Chief Amit Shah today said his party has a direct fight with “main rival” Aam Aadmi Party and claimed Congress was nowhere

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Amit Shah to kick off 'Mission Bihar' to woo EBCs

Politics | Jan 22, 2015, 08:20 PM IST

Patna: BJP president Amit Shah is set to kick-start 'Mission Bihar' here Friday to woo the extremely backward castes (EBCs) on the birth anniversary of former chief minister Karpoori Thakur.Shah will address a public meeting

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It'll take some time for Modi govt to fulfil development promises: Amit Shah

Politics | Jan 21, 2015, 11:50 PM IST

New Delhi: BJP President Amit Shah today suggested that it will take some time before the Narendra Modi government fulfills its development promises, saying the previous UPA dispensation had left behind a “big ditch”.  He,

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TMC hits back at Amit Shah

Politics | Jan 21, 2015, 07:32 PM IST

Burdwan (WB): A day after BJP President Amit Shah took on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at a rally here, top Trinamool Congress leaders today launched a counter-attack on the saffron party.“The support of

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Amit Shah warns Mamata, says BJP's 'vijay rath' cant be stopped

Politics | Jan 20, 2015, 05:42 PM IST

Burdwan (WB): BJP Chief Amit Shah today attacked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, alleging she was focused on trying to save her chitfund scam ‘tainted' leaders instead of governing the state and was jeopardising

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Former union minister Krishna Tirath ditches Congress, joins BJP

Politics | Jan 19, 2015, 02:44 PM IST

New Delhi: Former UPA minister and Congress leader Krishna Tirath today joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the presence of party chief Amit Shah.With Krishna's induction, the party hopes to  get  support of dalits

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Delhi polls: BJP poll panel to meet today, Bedi likely to contest from safe seat

Politics | Jan 19, 2015, 08:29 AM IST

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Central Election Committee (CEC) will meet today to finalise candidates for February 7 Assembly polls in Delhi. The party is also likely to find a safe seat for

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Nobody can form govt in J&K without BJP: Amit Shah

Politics | Jan 18, 2015, 11:35 PM IST

New Delhi: BJP national president Amit Shah today said that nobody can form a government in Jammu and Kashmir without the support of his party.Shah, while addressing the party workers here, said the Assembly elections

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Don't take Delhi polls lightly: Amit Shah to party workers

Politics | Jan 18, 2015, 08:26 PM IST

New Delhi: BJP President Amit Shah today told party workers that Delhi polls is like an “examination” which cannot be taken lightly and expressed confidence that his party will form government with two-thirds majority in