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.
Read MoreAmit Shah participated in the kite flying festival Gujarat's Gandhinagar in the presence of supporters. The day marks the first day of the sun's transit into the Makara, marking the end of the winter solstice and the start of longer days.
Security forces in the wake of recent terror attacks in the valley are planning to launch a massive counter-terror operation to target terrorists and thwart Pakistan's attempt to increase terror activities in Jammu and Kashmir.
The invitations are being sent out by the Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust. As many as 11,000 invitations will be sent to people for the auspIcious occasion.
After the meeting, Rajbhar said that he discussed a few key issues with the Union Minister, including the current political situation in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. He said the conversation also delved into crucial topics related to the welfare of marginalised and oppressed communities.
The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) aims to provide Indian citizenship to persecuted minorities, including Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis, and Christians, from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan who entered India on or before December 31, 2014.
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah stressed that the Tehreek-e-Hurriyat is involved in forbidden activities to separate the valley from India and establish Islamic rule.
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita will have 358 sections (instead of 511 sections in the IPC). A total of 20 new crimes have been added to the bill, and the imprisonment sentence has been increased for 33 of them.
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The organisation is led by Masarat Alam Bhat, interim chairman of the hardline faction of All India Hurriyat Conference, earlier led by separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani. Bhat has been in jail since 2010 for his alleged involvement in violent protests in the Kashmir valley.
The meeting was conducted to formulate the party's strategies for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections next year. In 2019, the Trinamool Congress won 22 seats but faced stiff competition from the BJP, which won 18 seats.
According to BJP sources, an election management committee for Bengal is likely to be formed soon, comprising both old guards and new entrants, including central observers.
Hazra's removal comes after he was critical of the party's functioning in the state for some time. The decision is being seen as a message to dissidents within the party to stick to organisational discipline ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Noida man, who worked in the transport sector till five-six months ago, said he regretted making those comments.
Amit Shah and JP Nadda will arrive in West Bengal tonight and hold a series of key organisational meetings with the BJP leaders. This visit is crucial keeping in view the 2024 fight in which the Opposition parties in the state, and at the national level, have come together to take on the BJP.
2036 Olympics: "It will host the 2036 Olympics (if India's bid is accepted). The government has allocated Rs 4,600 crore for Sardar Patel sports complex and Rs 600 crore for Navrangpura sports complex (in Ahmedabad city). This will be India's biggest sports complex," Amit Shah said.
The BJP's two-day national office-bearers and state presidents meeting concluded in the national capital on Saturday. PM Narendra Modi and Amit Shah addressed the party leaders and asked them to ensure bigger victory in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls than the party achieved in 2019.
Home Minister Amit Shah, while moving the amendment in the Lok Sabha, said a delegation from the Indian Medical Association had written to him in this regard.
The three bills will replace the Indian Penal Code-1860, the Code of Criminal Procedure Act-1898, and the Indian Evidence Act of 1872, respectively. Scroll down to read key highlights of new criminal laws adopted by Lok Sabha.
Amit Shah in Lok Sabha: "Three proposed criminal laws will free people from colonial mindset and its symbols," said Home Minister Amit Shah in Lok Sabha today.
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