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 MoreParliament Monsoon Session: Amit Shah in Rajya Sabha claimed that it was the opposition that was running away from the discussion on the Manipur issue.
Home Minister Amit Shah said in Rajya Sabha that the bill to replace an ordinance for handling the transfers and postings of officials in the Delhi government has been brought to safeguard the rights of the people and not to usurp the power of the AAP government.
Home Minister Amit Shah took a swipe at the Congress party saying that Arvind Kejriwal will quit the I.N.D.I.A bloc once the Rajya Sabha passes the Delhi Services Bill.
There were 131 votes put in favour of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023 while 102 votes were registered against the Bill.
Sudhanshu Trivedi said that there is no parallel in the world where in a country's national capital, a Central government has fewer powers than the state or UT government.
Ajit Pawar said that there is no leader as strong as Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the national level. He stressed that there is no alternative to PM Modi.
Delhi Services Bill: The contentious bill has been made a rallying point by the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party to bring together opposition parties to oppose it in the Rajya Sabha.
The Bill on control of transfers, postings of senior officers in Delhi government was passed by Rajya Sabha with 131 votes in favour and 102 against despite a strong fight by the Opposition during the long discussion in the upper house.
In the midst of ongoing speculation about another rife within the party, Jayant Patil also made it clear that he is devoted to staying loyal to the party leader, Sharad Pawar.
Amit Shah, in a message for Ajit Pawar, said that he is sitting at the right place after a long time and that he took a long time to come.
Darjeeling Lok Sabha is the main exemption where a single Lok Sabha comes under two organisation district committees specifically Darjeeling (plains) and Darjeeling (hills).
Language is a politically very sensitive issue in Tamil Nadu. The state often saw a political stir over Hindi. The regional parties allege the BJP of Hindi imposition in the state.
Pradipsinh Vaghela was designated as the general secretary of the state BJP on August 10, 2016.
Amit Shah Odisha visit: The home minister is also scheduled to attend a meeting at the airport lounge before leaving for Delhi on Saturday evening, officials said, without specifying who would be present in it.
Amit Shah will visit Odisha today amid the BJD's support to the BJP in the Parliament over the Delhi Services Bill. Shah is slated to attend a number of meetings including on left-wing extremism.
Delhi is not a state but a Union Territory and the Parliament has the right to make laws for it, said Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Lok Sabha.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah spoke on the Bill at a stretch. Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury also spoke on the Bill and hit back at the government during the discussion.
The Union government had tabled the contentious bill in Lok Sabha to replace the Delhi services ordinance. The Opposition termed it a "murder of democracy", evoking a sharp retort of "politically motivated" jibe from Amit Shah.
The two major Indian LSD cartels on darknet are busted by NCB within 3 months. In this matter, total 6 cases have been registered by NCB, Delhi Zonal Unit and 22 people, involved in import of Drugs and its pan-India distribution, have been arrested.
The government introduced the Delhi Services Bill in Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Amit Shah said that the Supreme Court has clarified that Parliament can bring any law regarding Delhi. AAP hit back at the BJP and termed the Bill "undemocratic".
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