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 MoreBJP chief J P Nadda had met ex-president Ram Nath Kovind soon after the latter was tasked with the responsibility of heading a committee to explore the feasibility of “one nation, one election”, which was the case till 1967.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah slammed Madhya Pradesh's former CM Kamal Nath saying he closed more than 51 poor welfare schemes were closed by him.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, several state ministers and party leaders will attend the two programmes.
The controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA), 1958 gives armed forces personnel, operating in disturbed areas, sweeping powers to search, arrest and open fire if they deem it necessary for "the maintenance of public order".
I am saying again that I only criticised Sanatana Dharma and that Sanatana Dharma should be eradicated. I will say this continuously. Few are being childish saying I invited for genocide, said Tamil Nadu minister Udhayanidhi Stalin.
The 'Parivartan Yatra' will pass through 51 constituencies of the Jodhpur division, Nagaur and Ajmer, covering a distance of 2,574 km in 18 days.
Rajasthan: During a public event in Dungarpur of poll-bound Rajasthan, Amit Shah launched a scathing attack at DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin for his remark that has sparked a row.
The Yatra which began on September 2 will culminate with a mega public address by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 25 in Jaipur.
According to an official release, former President Ram Nath Kovind has been appointed as Chairman of the committee. Apart from the chairman, there are seven members in the committee.
Earlier, Shah held an event to unveil the BJP's 'Aarop Patra' (list of charges) against the Chhattisgarh government in the state capital, Raipur.
The Home Minister will attend two functions, one in Raipur and the other at Saraipali in the Mahasamund district of Chhattisgarh.
Amit Shah launched the anthem of 'Amrit Kalash Yatra' under the 'Meri Maati Mera Desh Abhiyan' campaign.
Amit Shah will attend events in Raipur and Saraipali of Mahasamund district. Rahul Gandhi will address a programme of Rajiv Yuva Mitan Club in Nava Raipur – the upcoming new capital city of Chhattisgarh.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The primary objective of these call centers is to effectively engage with voters on a national scale, and a well-defined plan has been meticulously devised to accomplish this objective.
The yatra will be flagged off by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on September 3 from Chitrakoot in Satna district.
Ravula Sridhar Reddy pointed to the pending issues related to Telangana's bifurcation from Andhra Pradesh and said that the BJP has not done anything to address these issues.
The meeting will also be attended by the Chief Secretaries, Advisors, and other senior officers of the state governments and union territories, the Union Home Secretary, Secretary Inter-State Council, and other senior officers of the central government.
At least eight people were killed and several others injured after a massive blast at an illegal firecracker factory in Duttapukur, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal.
The meeting assumes significance as the CPI(M) recently held discussions with the regional party and sought its support for the upcoming assembly bypolls to Dhanpur and Boxanagar seats in Sepahijala district.
The Telangana BJP chief, G Kishan Reddy, has alleged that the farmers in the state have been neglected by the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) government for the last nine years.
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