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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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PM Modi in Sumerpur LIVE: 'I don’t want to win just

Rajasthan Polls | We caught hold of 'raazdaar', now he will expose 'naamdaars': PM Modi in Sumerpur

Dec 05, 2018, 01:25 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah who have spearheaded the party throughout the election campaign will campaign in the state to seek people support for Vasundhara Raje.

PM Modi in Jaipur LIVE:  'BJP will snatch victory from

Rajasthan Polls | BJP will snatch victory from Congress and leave them in lurch: PM Modi in Jaipur

Dec 04, 2018, 06:43 PM IST

Assembly polls for 199 seats of the total 200 seats in Rajasthan are due on December 7.

Amit Shah in Rajasthan

Martyrdom of soldiers not visible to ‘Rahul Baba through his Italian goggles': Amit Shah slams Congress

Dec 04, 2018, 07:38 AM IST

They (people like Mallya and Nirav Modi) did not flee during their reign (Congress) because they (Congress) had their share with them", Shah alleged. 'Chor–chor Mosere Bhai', Shah said.

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Intruders from Kashmir to Kanyakumari would be pulled out if BJP voted to power in 2019: Shah

India | Dec 03, 2018, 09:43 PM IST

Shah was addressing a public rally in Bundi where he also appealed to people to return the Vasuntharaje government in Rajasthan and the Modi government at the Centre.

Amit Shah

Telangana polls | Cong in its manifesto promised free electricity to masjids and churches but not for temples: Shah

Dec 02, 2018, 03:09 PM IST

To constitute the second Legislative Assembly, the Telangana Legislative Assembly election is scheduled to be held in the state on 7 December.

Amit Shah

Amit Shah slams Rahul over ‘surgical strike’ remark, says Cong president insulting soldiers

Dec 01, 2018, 05:41 PM IST

Praising the Narendra Modi government, Shah said that the Army jawans have developed a sense of pride that their government is standing behind them rock solid.

Telangana Assembly Elections: Stage set for fierce battle

Telangana Polls: Stage set for fierce battle as PM Modi, Amit Shah, Rahul Gandhi to hit campaign trail this week

Nov 26, 2018, 10:04 PM IST

PM Modi will address rallies at Nizamabad and Mahabubnagar on November 27, state BJP president K Laxman said on Saturday.

Jairam Ramesh

Modern name of 'tanashaahi' is Amit Shah, says Jairam Ramesh

India | Nov 25, 2018, 07:13 PM IST

The senior Congress leader also noted that "false news" was the biggest enterprise in "Make in India" under the Modi government, as he accused the BJP of "manufacturing" issues out of non-issues.

Amit Shah

Telangana Assembly Elections: BJP will not allow reservation for minorities, says Amit Shah

Nov 25, 2018, 04:01 PM IST

Addressing an election rally at Parkala in Warangal district, he said the Bharatiya Janata Party will neither provide quota on the basis of religion nor allow its implementation by others.  

Amit Shah

MP polls: BJP chief Amit Shah falls during roadshow, unhurt

Nov 25, 2018, 07:44 AM IST

The election results for all these states will be declared on December 11.

Amit Shah

A day on Amit Shah's campaign trail: Jibes at 'Rahul Baba', Diggy Raja

India | Nov 23, 2018, 09:47 PM IST

As poll campaign heated up in Madhya Pradesh in the run-up to the November 28 assembly election, Shah stepped up his offensive against the Congress, taking potshots at its president Rahul Gandhi and former chief minister Digvijay Singh.

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MP polls 2018: Amit Shah visits Maihar temple near Satna

Nov 19, 2018, 05:46 PM IST

On November 28, Madhya Pradesh will have a single phase polling for its 230-member assembly. The counting of votes will take place on December 11.

Amit Shah/File image

Opposition, suffering from 'Modi-phobia', only wants PM off his post: Amit Shah in Madhya Pradesh

Nov 19, 2018, 02:48 PM IST

Shah also asked the Congress to give an account of what the four generations of the Nehru-Gandhi family did when they ruled the country.

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MP Polls | Cong party is ATM of false promises, BJP of growth and development: Amit Shah

Nov 18, 2018, 05:59 PM IST

The state is all set to go for polls on November 28. Counting of votes will take place on December 11.

Top BJP leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi,

MP Polls: High-voltage campaign, war of words likely as PM Modi, Amit Shah to hit campaign trail today

Nov 18, 2018, 09:02 AM IST

Elections to the 230 assembly constituencies in the state will be held on November 28.

BJP president Amit Shah, MP polls 2018

I want to ask from Congress party, who is their leader in Madhya Pradesh?: BJP president Amit Shah

Nov 15, 2018, 09:26 PM IST

Madhya Pradesh elections 2018: "These people neither have a leader nor a policy for the state,” Shah said.

RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha 

Upendra Kushwaha to apprise BJP chief of his woes in Bihar

India | Nov 11, 2018, 09:29 PM IST

  Kushwaha said he would also request Shah to clear the "confusion" over seat-sharing among the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) constituents in the state at the earliest.

Amit Shah, Raman Singh  release BJP manifesto

Chhattisgarh Polls: Amit Shah releases BJP manifesto, says 'Maoist-sympathiser' Cong can never do welfare of state

Nov 10, 2018, 07:14 PM IST

After releasing the manifesto, the BJP chief launched a scathing attack on Congress and said that a party that sees revolution in Naxalism can do no good for Chhattisgarh.

Asaduddin Owaisi

Amit Shah wants Muslim-free India, says Asaduddin Owaisi in Hyderabad

India | Nov 08, 2018, 05:31 PM IST

Owaisi hitting out at Shah for his remarks promising to rid Hyderabad of Majlis, said Shah wanted annihilation of Muslims.

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INS Arihant completing its first deterrence patrol a historic feat: Shah

India | Nov 05, 2018, 10:06 PM IST

Noting that the feat was achieved on "Dhanteras", which is about wellbeing, Shah said, "In that spirit, our armed forces give India the historic feat of our nuclear submarine, INS Arihant, completing its first deterrence patrol."  

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