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Amit Shah

Amit Shah

DOB: 22/10/1964

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.

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Amit Shah recovers after post-COVID care, discharged from AIIMS

India | Aug 31, 2020, 08:51 AM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who was admitted to AIIMS in Delhi on August 18 for post-COVID care, has been discharged from the hospital. Shah reached his residence on Monday morning.

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Amit Shah, who was admitted to AIIMS for post COVID care, likely to be discharged soon

India | Aug 29, 2020, 05:02 PM IST

Home Minister Amit Shah has recovered and is likely to be discharged from AIIMS today. The Union Home Minister was admitted on August 18 for post-COVID care. He had tested positive for coronavirus and was initially treated at Medanta Hospital at Gurugram.

Rohan remembers father Arun Jaitley on his first death anniversary

Rohan remembers father Arun Jaitley on his first death anniversary

India | Aug 24, 2020, 12:02 PM IST

Rohan Jaitley, son of former Union Minister Arun Jaitley, on Monday wrote an emotional post on Twitter remembering his father on his first death anniversary. He said that even though the pain is still there but he resolved to live by the former Finance Minister's values, principles, and vision.

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Amit Shah complains of 'fatigue & body ache', admitted to AIIMS in Delhi

India | Aug 18, 2020, 11:17 AM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah was admitted to Delhi's AIIMS on Tuesday. Earlier on August 2, the home minister had tested positive for COVID-19 and was admitted to Gurugram’s Medanta Hospital following the advice of doctors.

Amit Shah recovers from COVID-19

Amit Shah tests negative for coronavirus, to stay in isolation for some more days

India | Aug 14, 2020, 05:27 PM IST

Home Minister Amit Shah Tests Negative For COVID-19: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday informed that he has tested negative for coronavirus and conveyed thanks to all his well-wishers.

PM Modi, Amit Shah condoles loss of lives in fire incident at COVID facility in Vijaywada

PM Modi, Amit Shah condole loss of lives in fire incident at COVID facility in Vijaywada

India | Aug 09, 2020, 11:12 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday took to Twitter and expressed anguish at the death of patients in a fire incident at a COVID facility in Andhra Pradesh's Vijaywada.He said he discussed the incident with state chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy and assured all possible help.

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Amit Shah Covid-19 positive: HM attended cabinet meet at PM's residence recently

India | Aug 02, 2020, 08:38 PM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has been found coronavirus positive. As per sources, the union minister had attended recent cabinet meeting. The meeting had taken place at the residence of PM Narendra Modi. A strict protocol is followed at the time of meetings at PM's residence.

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Amit Shah Covid-19 positive: Reactions pour in for his speedy recovery

India | Aug 02, 2020, 11:11 PM IST

Amit Shah has been found to be coronavirus positive. The Union Home Minister tweeted earlier today to say that the test had come positive. Reactions are pouring in, wishing him speedy recovery.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah tests positive for COVID-19, admitted to hospital

Amit Shah tests positive for COVID-19, admitted to Medanta hospital in Gurugram

India | Aug 02, 2020, 11:20 PM IST

Union home minister Amit Shah has tested positive for coronavirus, the minister tweeted on Sunday afternoon. He requested those who had come in his contact to isolate themselves and get tested.

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Manish Sisodia writes to Amit Shah, seeks directions to LG to allow hotels, weekly markets in Delhi

India | Aug 01, 2020, 07:05 PM IST

​Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, seeking directions to LG Anil Baijal to allow hotels and weekly markets in the city.

On August 5 last year, the Centre had scrapped the state's special status and divided it into union

NCERT adds scrapping of Article 370 to Class 12 textbook chapter

Education | Jul 21, 2020, 02:11 PM IST

The NCERT has revised a chapter in its Class 12 political science textbook to drop a paragraph on separatist politics in Jammu and Kashmir and to add a brief mention of scrapping of its special status last year.

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I’m Sushant Singh Rajput's girlfriend requesting CBI enquiry: Rhea Chakraborty

Celebrities | Jul 16, 2020, 05:50 PM IST

Rhea Chakraborty took to Instagram on Thursday afternoon to introduce herself to the Home Minister as the late actor's "girlfriend" while demanding a CBI investigation. Sushant was found dead at his residence on June 14 and the postmortem report has stated he died by suicide.

Sushant Singh Rajput Death: Amit Shah forwards letter seeking CBI probe to concerned authorities

Sushant Singh Rajput Death: Amit Shah forwards letter seeking CBI probe to concerned authorities

Celebrities | Jul 16, 2020, 01:10 PM IST

Bihar's Jan Adhikar Party President Pappy Yadav wrote to the Home Ministry asking for a CBI inquiry into the suicide of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. Now, he has received a reply stating that his letter has been forwarded to the concerned authorities.

Amit Shah emphasises on more Rapid Antigen test for COVID-19; early hospitalisation

Amit Shah emphasises on more Rapid Antigen test for COVID-19; early hospitalisation

India | Jul 02, 2020, 11:14 PM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday emphasised on carrying out more COVID-19 test using Rapid Antigen Kits, and suggested that focus should be on reducing mortality rate by ensuring early hospitalisation of patients.

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1962 se aaj tak, do-do haath ho jayein: Amit Shah dares Rahul Gandhi for debate on LAC stand-off

India | Jun 28, 2020, 02:00 PM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday dared Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on his 'Surender Modi' tweet and challenged him for discussion in the Parliament on the LAC stand-off. Amit Shah said, "Parliament will run, if the opposition wants to have a discussion then they should come" adding "1962 se aaj tak do-do haath ho jayein..."

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45 years ago one family's greed for power led to imposition of Emergency: Amit Shah blasts Congress

India | Jun 25, 2020, 11:38 AM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the 'Emergency' anniversary imposed by the then Congress-led Indira Gandhi government n June 25, 1975, came down heavily on the Congress saying the interests of one family prevailed over the party and national interests.

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Amit Shah tweets video of soldier's father to Rahul Gandhi, says rise above petty politics

India | Jun 20, 2020, 01:47 PM IST

Home Minister Amit Shah has lashed out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for resorting to petty politics instead of standing in solidarity when 20 Indian soldiers were martyred in the Indo-China clash.

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8,000 teachers write to Amit Shah for 3 months salary

India | Jun 20, 2020, 08:20 AM IST

Around 8,000 teachers working in North Delhi Municipal Corporation, who are waiting for their salaries from the last three months, have written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah regarding the same. They had earlier appealed in the court too.

India will always remain indebted to soldiers for their supreme sacrifice in Ladakh: Amit Shah

India will always remain indebted to soldiers for their supreme sacrifice in Ladakh: Amit Shah

India | Jun 17, 2020, 05:15 PM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said India will always remain indebted to its soldiers who lost their lives in Ladakh's Galwan protecting the country's territory, and their bravery reflects the country's commitment towards the motherland.

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Last rites of some Delhi COVID-19 victims performed following Amit Shah's directive

India | Jun 16, 2020, 08:04 PM IST

​The last rites of some COVID-19 victims were conducted by hospitals here following a directive of Home Minister Amit Shah and with the consent of their families, the Ministry of Home Affairs said on Tuesday.  

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