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 MoreThe PM's reprimand comes on after the government saw itself on the backfoot in the Rajya Sabha where ruling NDA lacks majority as members were absent.
The high-voltage political drama for three Gujarat Rajya Sabha seats culminated with Congress leader Ahmed Patel’s victory, coming as a major blow to the BJP on their home turf despite wins for Amit Shah and Smriti Irani
As the 52-year-old leader from Gujarat begins his fourth year at the helm of the party's affairs, Amit Shah is also set to make his debut in Parliament as a Rajya Sabha member from Gujarat.
Ahmed Patel, the political advisor to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, was pitted against Balwantsinh Rajput in a battle that was seen as a direct battle with BJP president Amit Shah
Besides Shah and Irani, the BJP has fielded Congress turncoat Balwant Singh Rajput for the third seat. While Shah and Irani are set to emerge victorious, Patel’s fate has been hanging in balance after internal bickering in the Congress.
While Amit Shah and Smriti Irani are set to emerge victorious, Ahmed Patel’s fate hangs in balance after NCP MLA Kandhal Jadeja claimed that his party has asked the two party MLAs to support the BJP candidate.
Jairam Ramesh said that business as usual approach will not work against Modi and Shah.
BJP chief Amit Shah today held a meeting with the party leaders in Gujarat ahead of Rajya Sabha polls.
Two volumes of a book--'Tireless voice, relentless journey- containing Naidu's speeches were also released at the event.
BJP president Amit Shah today said that political parties whose internal democracy was not intact could never contribute towards making the country's democracy stronger.
The opposition-sponsored amendments, on the inclusion of a woman and a member of the minority community in the commission, were passed by 74 to 52 votes
Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah today denied speculation over his possible role in the leadership of the central government, saying he has no plans to be a part of the Union Cabinet
Amit Shah said that the Yogi Adityanath government has taken drastic steps to combat corruption in different departments.
Of the total 11 Rajya Sabha members from the state, the term of three -- Smriti Irani and Dilipbhai Pandya (both BJP) and Ahmed Patel -- is ending on August 18.
BJP on Wednesday announced its president Amit Shah as one of the two candidates in upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in Gujarat.
Replying to a question, Shah said incidents of stone pelting in Kashmir have decreased during the Modi government's rule, and there is no external pressure on the government.
Shah, who is a on a three-day visit to Rajasthan, said all political parties should discuss the issue and take it up with the Election Commission.
BJP president Amit Shah today said his party wants the Ram temple in Ayodhya to be constructed in a legal manner after mutual dialogue.
BJP president Amit Shah, on a three-day trip of Rajasthan, traced the history of the party and tried to convey how the saffron party was different from all others.
Lauding the Modi government, he said that usually the central government do two or three historic work in their 50 years of rule, "but the Modi government has done 50 such works in the last three years".
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