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 MoreManipur violence: Two ethnic communities- Tribe and Meitei clashed - on May 3 after a "Tribal Solidarity March" organised in protest against the buzz over Meitei getting Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that a panel led by a retired High Court judge will probe the ethnic violence in Manipur.
The ethnic violence first broke out after a 'Tribal Solidarity March' was organised in the hill districts on May 3 to protest the Meitei community's demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.
Manipur Violence Updates: Amit Shah on Monday night arrived in strife-torn Manipur to try to restore peace by hammering out a solution between the warring communities.
Manipur violence: What leads to the clash in the northeastern region, which is often dubbed as "The Jewel of India"? Let's decode the ethnic clash.
Shah who flew into a tense but peaceful Imphal on a special flight is expected to hold several rounds of meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday to assess the situation and plan steps to restore normalcy.
Manipur violence: Earlier, the Chief Minister also said that clashes broke out in the early hours of the morning at several places in different districts surrounding the Imphal Valley.
The accused made alleged "derogatory" remarks about the Prime Minister and other leaders in a Facebook post, according to a Mumbai police official.
The Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested a man for allegedly sharing objectionable morphed pictures of PM Modi, Amit Shah and Yogi Adityanath on Facebook.
Addressing an even in Guwahati, Union Minister Amit Shah informed that he will visit Manipur to resolve all matters but urged everyone to maintain peace.
Amit Shah in Assam: The Union Home Minister is likely to arrive in the afternoon and attend the programmes at two different venues of Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra and Khanapara Veterinary College field.
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Assam government jobs: Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said his government had promised to provide 1 lakh government jobs, and now the government is ready to give jobs to 44,703 qualified candidates.
Amit Shah will embark on a two-day visit to Assam starting May 24.
'Other Backward Class'- OBC became a political flashpoint between BJP and Congress since Rahul Gandhi was disqualified as an MP over 'Modi' surname defamation case.
Amit Shah's Gujarat visit: The Union Home Minister will also e-inaugurate five coastal outposts of BSF situated off the Jakhau coast in the Kutch district as well as one OP Tower at Lakhpatwari in the Sir Creek area in the state.
The objective of ‘Chintan Shivir’ is to interact with the senior officers of the Ministry and to evolve an action plan for the implementation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Vision 2047”.
Manipur Violence: Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has gone to Delhi to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday to discuss the situation in the state.
This comes after Shah had defended the state BJP government's decision to do away with the 4% quota for Muslims under the OBC list.
The Home Minister will participate in an event scheduled on Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti to commemorate the birth of the great Bengali poet.
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