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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, Amit Shah offer prayers at Somnath Temple

PM Modi, Amit Shah offer prayers at Somnath Temple

Politics | Mar 08, 2017, 12:05 PM IST

Accompanied by BJP president Amit Shah and Chairman of Somnath Temple Trust Keshubhai Patel, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today visited the historic Somnath Temple in Gujarat’s Gir-Somnath district.

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BJP deliberately decided against projecting CM face for UP polls: Amit Shah

Politics | Mar 07, 2017, 12:56 PM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party chief Amit Shah today said that the party’s decision not to project any chief ministerial face for the UP Assembly elections was deliberate.

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Pentagon accuses Iranian vessels of harassing US Navy ship

World | Mar 07, 2017, 12:57 PM IST

The Pentagon has accused Iranian vessels of coming dangerously close to a US Navy surveillance ship in the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend.

Akhilesh Yadav made UP No.1 in murder and loot, Amit Shah

Akhilesh Yadav made UP No.1 in murder and loot: BJP President Amit Shah

Politics | Mar 07, 2017, 01:11 PM IST

BJP president Amit Shah today accused Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav of transforming the state into the number one state in terms of murder, loot and crime against women.

Amit Shah speaks at an election rally in UP

‘Why force Rahul on UP if he is yet to mature’: Amit Shah’s swipe at Sheila Dikshit’s remark on Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Mar 02, 2017, 04:17 PM IST

At an election rally in Azamgarh, Shah referred to Dikshit’s comments and said that the ‘entire nation agreed with this fact'.

Akhilesh responds to Amit Shah's 'KASAB' barb

'KA for BJP kabutars', to be set free after polls: Akhilesh responds to Amit Shah's 'KASAB' barb

Politics | Feb 24, 2017, 05:54 PM IST

Hitting back at Amit Shah for his KASAB barb, Akhilesh Yadav today said the language of BJP leaders has changed as KA actually stood for kabutar and the people will set their pigeons free in the polls.

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No bigger ‘Kasab’ in India than BJP chief Amit Shah, says Mayawati

Politics | Feb 24, 2017, 05:55 PM IST

Launching a scathing attack on Amit Shah for his ‘Kasab’ remark, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati today said that the BJP chief was the ‘biggest terrorist’ in India.

BJP President Amit Shah addressing during an election

KASAB: After SCAM, BJP coins another fancy acronym for Congress, SP and BSP

Politics | Feb 23, 2017, 06:45 AM IST

BJP President Amit Shah on Wednesday said the people of Uttar Pradesh should get rid of KASAB, in reference to the Congress, Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party.

Amit Shah held road show on the last day of campaigning in

UP polls: Campaigning for fourth phase ends; Rahul-Akhilesh, Shah hold road shows on last day

Politics | Feb 21, 2017, 10:24 PM IST

High voltage campaigning in elections for 53 assembly seats from 12 districts of Uttar Pradesh ended on Tuesday evening.

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UP polls: SP minister stokes controversy by calling PM Modi, Amit Shah ‘terrorists’

Politics | Feb 20, 2017, 06:38 PM IST

Samajwadi Party minister in UP government, Rajendra Chaudhary , today created a controversy by calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah “terrorists”.

Ravi Kishan today joined the BJP in presence of Amit Shah

Ravi Kishan joins BJP, says 'focus is on development'

Politics | Feb 19, 2017, 12:26 PM IST

Bhojpuri actor Ravi Kishan on Sunday formally joined the BJP in the presence of national president Amit Shah.

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By joining hands with Cong, Akhilesh has conceded defeat: Shah

Politics | Feb 18, 2017, 02:38 PM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah today termed the fledgling Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance as a ‘last minute stop gap arrangement’.

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SP, Congress locked in 'unholy alliance': Amit Shah

Politics | Feb 13, 2017, 11:19 AM IST

BJP president Amit Shah has said that the Samjawadi Party and Congress have entered in an ‘unholy alliance to hide their failures’.

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Chunav Manch: Status quo on reservation to continue, says BJP chief Amit Shah

Politics | Feb 04, 2017, 10:45 PM IST

BJP president Amit Shah said today in Chunav Manch that the status quo on reservation will not be touched by the government in any case.

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UP polls: BJP president Amit Shah promises ‘anti-Romeo’ squads to protect girls from eve-teasers

Politics | Feb 03, 2017, 03:34 PM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah today said that if his party forms the next government in the state, it will make sure that the girls are saved from eve-teasers.

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Curb on political funding fulfilment of PM Modi’s promise of transparency: Amit Shah

Politics | Feb 01, 2017, 04:19 PM IST

BJP president Amit Shah today hailed the Union Budget tabled by the government saying ‘it is aimed at all-round development with sops for the youth, women, farmers, the poor and middle class’.

BJP ready to accept UP polls as referendum on

BJP ready to accept UP polls as referendum on demonetisation: Amit Shah

Politics | Jan 30, 2017, 09:09 AM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah on Sunday said the upcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh "would not be a referendum on demonetisation policy, but if the opposition wanted to play it that way, then the BJP was game for it".

BJP's manifesto promises construction of Ram temple under

UP polls: BJP's manifesto promises construction of Ram temple under constitutional ambit

Politics | Jan 28, 2017, 06:57 PM IST

BJP President Amit Shah today released the party's manifesto for Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections promising to make efforts to ensure construction of Ram temple under constitutional provisions if voted to power. The manifesto, called 'Lok

Amit Shah releases manifesto for UP polls

UP polls: BJP in favour of early construction of Ram Temple within Constitutional framework, says Amit Shah

Politics | Jan 28, 2017, 04:48 PM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah today released the manifesto titled 'Lok Kalyan Sankalp Patra' (Pledge for People's Welfare) for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.

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BJP to launch 'aggressive' campaign against SP-Cong alliance in UP; to release manifesto today

Politics | Jan 28, 2017, 02:53 PM IST

With barely a fortnight left for the Uttar Pradesh polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) plans to go full throttle with its campaigning after BJP chief Amit Shah releases the party manifesto here today.

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