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 MoreRajya Sabha Chairman Venakaiah Naidu administered the oath to Amit Shah and Smriti Irani in his chamber
This is the victory of basic Constitutional rights of Muslim women and their right to live with equality," Amit Shah said in a statement.
BJP president Amit Shah on Sunday said India’s economy has become the fastest growing in the world since Prime Minister Narendra Modi took over and that it was in a state of paralysis during the previous UPA rule
West Bengal Chief Minister traded guns at BJP president Amit Shah instead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi whom she had been rallying all these days over demonetisation and Goods and Services Tax (GST)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah will meet chief ministers and deputy chief ministers of all party ruled states tomorrow.
Amit Shah also said that the Ram temple at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh should be built either through consensus among the parties involved or through a court order.
“We have not come to power for 5-10 years, but at least 50 years. We should move forward with a conviction that in 40-50 years we have to bring major changes in the country through the medium of power,” Shah said.
Amit Shah is on a three-day visit to Madhya Pradesh.
BJP President Amit Shah today said Modi government's goodwill shown to Karnataka will benefit the party in the upcoming Assembly polls.
BJP chief Amit Shah today attempted to play down the Gorakhpur hospital tragedy saying such "accidents" have taken place in the past as well.
The invitation comes after the JD(U) joined hands with the BJP to form the government in Bihar after it walked out of alliance with Lalu Prasad’s RJD.
The 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.
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