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 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.
Amit Shah is busy dealing with the prevailing law and order situation in strife-torn Manipur.
Shah also questioned Siddaramaiah who had earlier told the media that if the party comes to power in Karnataka, Muslim reservation can be increased from 4 percent to 6 percent.
Addressing a programme in Dholpur, Gehlot said his government could be saved because of the support of three BJP leaders -- former chief minister Vasundhara Raje, former assembly speaker Kailash Meghwal and MLA Shobharani Kushwah.
Manipur violence: During the meeting, Union Home Minister Amit Shah was apprised in detail about the current situation in the northeastern state.
Karnataka Election 2023: According to sources, there was a speculation that Amit Shah could visit the violence-hit state, but the speculations were turned down by the party leaders, who said that as of now, he will be monitoring the situation from Delhi.
The Manipur government has issued "shoot-at-sight orders".
Chief Minister N Biren Singh urged people to cooperate with the government to maintain law and order.
Today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Congress leaders-- Mallikarjun Kharge and Priyanka Gandhi will hold multiple rallies in the poll-bound state. Stay tuned here for the latest updates.
The BJP claimed it would continue to take "Nava Karnataka" on the path of comprehensive socio-economic development, without leaving even a "single Kannadiga" behind.
Karnataka Elections 2023: During the roadshow, people lined up on both sides of the road to greet the Prime Minister who was travelling in a specially-made vehicle on both sides of the road.
Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: BJP leader Amit Shah on Friday while addressing the public at Navalgund Assembly constituency said that the upcoming election in the state is to decide whether the public wants a double-engine government or reverse-gear government.
Dimasa National Liberation Army (DNLA), an insurgent group operating mostly in Assam’s Dima Hasao district signed a peace agreement with the government.
Karnataka elections 2023: Congress leaders Randeep Singh Surjewala, Dr Parmeshwar and Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar filed the complaint at Bengaluru's High Grounds police station.
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