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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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UP CM, Amit Shah, Narendra Modi, Uttar Pradesh

Adityanath meets Shah, PM Modi, big administerial changes on cards

Politics | Apr 09, 2017, 09:44 PM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today met with BJP President Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi here and are believed to have discussed the state's political and governance issues.

Amit Shah

Amit Shah asks BJP MPs to draw victory chart from ‘Kashmir to Kanyakumari’

Politics | Apr 07, 2017, 07:37 AM IST

Exhorting BJP MPs to work for improving the party’s performance in 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP president Amit Shah on Thursday asked them to draw winning chart from "Kashmir to Kanyakumari".

File pic of PM Modi and BJP president Amit Shah

BJP turns 37: A look at the political journey of the world’s largest party

Politics | Apr 06, 2017, 03:46 PM IST

The BJP, the largest political party in the world, was founded on April 6, 1980 with three-time former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the helm as its president.

Former Samajwadi Party spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia joins BJP

Former Samajwadi Party spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia joins BJP

Politics | Apr 02, 2017, 06:48 PM IST

Former Samajwadi Party spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia, who had quit the party just before the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections today joined the BJP in Delhi.

Was told I will be UP CM only a day before swearing-in,

Was told I will be UP CM only a day before swearing-in, had only two robes: Yogi Adityanath

Politics | Mar 29, 2017, 11:50 PM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Aditynath on Wednesday talked said he informed by BJP chief Amit Shah only a day before the swearing-in ceremony.

BJP president Amit Shah

MCD polls: Unfurl the victory flag in Delhi too, Amit Shah to BJP workers

Politics | Mar 25, 2017, 05:23 PM IST

Addressing BJP workers ahead of April 23 polls, Shah referred to party's victories in the recent assembly polls and said that a win the civic elections will help catapult the party to power in the national capital.

UP CM Yogi Adityanath meets PM Modi in New Delhi

UP CM Yogi Adityanath meets PM Modi, Amit Shah; discusses allocation of portfolios

Politics | Mar 21, 2017, 06:35 PM IST

Newly elected Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today met several central leaders in New Delhi including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussed several issues related to the state.

Gujarat elections will be a battle of prestige for both

Modi’s ‘Mission 150’ in Gujarat: Can BJP replicate UP win in PM’s home turf?

Politics | Mar 20, 2017, 07:52 PM IST

The BJP is now gearing up for one of its most prestigious electoral battle in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state of Gujarat.

Amit Shah

I will never accept the job of advising Rahul Gandhi, says Amit Shah

Politics | Mar 18, 2017, 01:28 PM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah on Friday said that he will “never accept” the job of advising the Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi.

Yogi Adityanath at a press conference in Lucknow

Yogi Adityanath elected BJP legislature party leader, to be sworn in as CM of UP tomorrow

Politics | Mar 18, 2017, 10:49 PM IST

Newly elected Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs in Uttar Pradesh today elected Gorakhpur MP Yogi Adiyanath as their legislature party leader.

Ravi Shastri likens BJP’s UP win to ‘Tracer Bullet’,

Ravi Shastri likens BJP’s UP win to ‘Tracer Bullet’, PM Modi returns favour

Politics | Mar 17, 2017, 02:53 PM IST

Ravi Shastri on Thursday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president Amit Shah for the BJP’s landslide victory in the recently concluded Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

File pic of PM Narendra Modi during a road show in Varanasi

Will governing UP be as comfortable as winning it? Key challenges the incoming BJP govt faces in Uttar Pradesh

Politics | Mar 17, 2017, 01:45 PM IST

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may have conquered Uttar Pradesh with two-thirds majority, but the challenges that will fall in its path of governance will indeed make things difficult for its leaders to deliver.

File pic of PM Narendra Modi

Thankful to party leaders for refraining from making controversial remarks: PM Modi

Politics | Mar 16, 2017, 01:23 PM IST

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Parliamentary Board met here today to felicitate Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president Amit Shah for the historic win it registered in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

Former Congress leader SM Krishna to join BJP this week

Former Congress leader SM Krishna to join BJP this week

Politics | Mar 14, 2017, 06:59 AM IST

Former Congress leader and Chief Minister of Karnataka SM Krishna is set to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) this week.

BJP President Amit Shah to decide UP, Uttarakhand CMs after

Amit Shah to decide UP, U'khand CMs after observers' report

Politics | Mar 13, 2017, 02:07 PM IST

BJP President Amit Shah has been authorised by the party's Parliamentary Board to pick chief ministerial nominees for Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Manipur after central observers hold meetings with local MLAs.

Manohar Parrikar to be new Goa Chief Minister, says Nitin

Manohar Parrikar to be new Goa Chief Minister, says Nitin Gadkari

Politics | Mar 12, 2017, 08:52 PM IST

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar was selected this morning by the party's legislators in Goa as their choice for Chief Minister. “Parrikar will be the next chief minister of Goa," said Union minister Nitin Gadkari. Bharatiya

PM Modi addresses supporters at BJP headquarters

This is the beginning of a new India, says PM Modi

Politics | Mar 12, 2017, 08:50 PM IST

To celebrate the BJP’s massive win in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will shortly conduct a road show in Delhi. The one kilometre road show will conclude at the party headquarters in

Amit Shah addresses media in New Delhi

‘Illegal’ slaughter houses, law and order: BJP's priorities after UP win

Politics | Mar 11, 2017, 08:37 PM IST

In Uttar Pradesh, Shah said that the first decision of the government will be to impose a complete ban on illegal slaughter houses and strengthening the law and order situation.

BJP has secured historic win in Uttarakhand and UP

Assembly elections results: Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah thank people for BJP's win in UP, Uttarakhand

Politics | Mar 11, 2017, 02:11 PM IST

Rajnath Singh and BJP president Amit Shah today thanked the people of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand for the party's historic victory in the two states and attributed the win to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership.

Amit Shah

BJP chief Amit Shah asks party cadres to be active on social media

Politics | Mar 10, 2017, 09:07 AM IST

Underlining the need for Baharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers to reach out to people using modern communication tools, party President Amit Shah on Thursday asked BJP workers to remain active on social media.

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