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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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Rajat Sharma grills Amit Shah on sets if India TV's

Confident of NDA candidate’s win in presidential election, says Amit Shah

Politics | May 15, 2017, 09:59 PM IST

Shah further said that the ‘NDA government under PM Narendra Modi’s leadership has taken several initiatives in last three years to bring ‘achhe din’ (good days) and the country is close to it’.

India close to ache din after three years of honest,

India close to ‘ache din’ after three years of honest, sincere governance: BJP at India TV Samvaad

Politics | May 15, 2017, 09:45 PM IST

Presenting a report card of Central government at India TV Samvaad, BJP president Amit Shah said that the honest, sincere efforts in governance by the Centre had brought India close to ache din.

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India TV Samvaad: Who said what - 15 quotes from conclave highlighting Modi govt's 3 years

Politics | May 15, 2017, 09:26 PM IST

Political bigwigs like Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Smriti Irani, Nitin Gadkari, Ravi Shankar Prasad and Rajiv Pratap Rudi talk about government's 3 years in office.

BJP President Amit Shah addressing a public meeting in

Only Modi model of development can lead Tripura to progress: Amit Shah

Politics | May 07, 2017, 06:35 PM IST

Shah said a large number of tribals live in Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra where "every basic facility like water, electricity, and health services have been provided in each tribal and remote village".

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Muslim women shouldn’t be deprived of constitutional rights, says Amit Shah

Politics | May 06, 2017, 10:12 PM IST

Shah is on a two-day visit to Marxist-ruled Tripura to strengthen the party base in the state.

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BJP to form government on its own in Tripura next year, says Amit Shah

Politics | May 06, 2017, 05:31 PM IST

Ruling out any electoral alliance in Tripura, BJP chief Amit Shah today claimed that his party would oust the ruling Left Front on its own in the assembly elections due next year.

Bengal family joins TMC just days after hosting BJP chief

Bengal family joins TMC just days after hosting BJP chief Amit Shah for lunch

Politics | May 03, 2017, 03:43 PM IST

It is said that members of the family had gone missing on Tuesday night and resurfaced the next morning along with local Trinamool Congress leader Gautam Deb.

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With eye on 2019 LS polls, BJP chief Amit Shah to travel 1 lakh km in 5 months

Politics | May 03, 2017, 01:35 PM IST

BJP President Amit Shah will be travelling around 1 lakh km in next five months as part of the saffron party’s preparations for 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

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BJP’s victory in MCD polls marks end of ‘anarchy’ in Delhi: Amit Shah

Politics | May 02, 2017, 12:51 PM IST

BJP President Amit Shah today said that his party’s victory in MCD polls marked the end of “anarchy” in Delhi and it was the “foundation” for the next assembly polls in the state.

Karnataka BJP president Yeddyurappa with Amit Shah

Factional war in Karnataka: BJP sacks four leaders, Muralidhar Rao in Bengaluru to broker truce

Politics | Apr 30, 2017, 02:56 PM IST

The BJP central leadership has relieved two office bearers each from the state President B S Yeddyurappa and senior leader K S Eshwarappa camps.

Shah addressed a gathering of BJP leaders in Jammu

Congress bereft of any ideology, limited to one family's interests: Amit Shah

Politics | Apr 30, 2017, 09:27 AM IST

The Congress bereft of any idealogy as it was formed as part of a mass movement before Independence, BJP President Amit Shah said on Saturday.

Amit Shah visits Mamata's home turf in Kolkata

On 'Mission West Bengal', Amit Shah visits Mamata's home turf

Politics | Apr 26, 2017, 11:30 PM IST

BJP president Amit Shah today visited a slum in Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's home turf in her Bhawanipur assembly constituency and garnered a warm welcome for himself.

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PM Modi expresses gratitude to Delhiites for MCD poll win

Politics | Apr 26, 2017, 05:53 PM IST

His tweet came as the BJP recorded a significant victory in polls to all the three municipal corporations of Delhi.

Amit Shah addresses media in Kolkata

BJP's win in Delhi civic polls a vote in favour of PM Modi, says Shah

Politics | Apr 26, 2017, 03:25 PM IST

Amit Shah also thanked Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari and the party workers for the win.

Mamata Banerjee's TMC cannot stop Modi's chariot: Amit Shah

Amit Shah launches BJP's Mission West Bengal, says TMC cannot stop Modi's chariot

Politics | Apr 26, 2017, 01:27 AM IST

The Trinamool Congress will not be able to stop Narendra Modi's chariot and the lotus will bloom in West Bengal, BJP president Amit Shah said today.

Former Delhi Congress chief Arvinder Singh Lovely joins BJP

Former Delhi Congress chief Arvinder Singh Lovely joins BJP ahead of MCD polls

Politics | Apr 18, 2017, 05:42 PM IST

Former Delhi Congress chief of the party Arvinder Singh Lovely today joined the BJP.

PM Modi withBJP president Amit Shah at National executive

From panchayats to Parliament: Amit Shah charts BJP's growth plan

Politics | Apr 16, 2017, 11:37 AM IST

In his inaugural address at the BJP's two-day national executive here, Amit Shah said that the party's golden era would arrive when it rules across the country, from panchayats to Parliament.

BJP, MCD Polls, Delhi BJP, Amit Shah

Delhi BJP expels its 21 members, including four councillors

Politics | Apr 15, 2017, 09:20 PM IST

The Delhi BJP today expelled its 21 members, including five sitting councillors, from the party for six years for allegedly being involved in the anti-party activites ahead of the April 23 MCD polls.

Representational pic - BJP’s two-day National Executive

BJP’s two-day National Executive meeting to begin in Bhubaneswar today

Politics | Apr 15, 2017, 10:43 AM IST

Two-day meeting of BJP’s National Executive will begin today in Bhubaneswar with all the party bigwigs, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, joining the deliberations.

Now, BJP to focus on states crucial for its fortunes in 2019

Now, BJP to focus on states crucial for its fortunes in 2019

Politics | Apr 14, 2017, 09:15 PM IST

Having reclaimed power in Uttar Pradesh after 15 years, the BJP will now turn its focus to the states where it has been traditionally weak but which are critical to determine its fortune in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

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