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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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Patels create chaos at Amit Shah’s Patidar meet in Surat

Chanting Hardik's name, Patels create chaos at Amit Shah’s Patidar meet in Surat; vandalise furniture

Politics | Sep 08, 2016, 11:42 PM IST

BJP president Amit Shah was today booed off stage by the members of Hardik Patel's Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti who created ruckus and vanadalised furniture at a programme in Surat.

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Amit Shah taunts Rahul Gandhi, says he can't see changes because of his 'Italian spectacles'

Politics | Sep 08, 2016, 05:32 PM IST

BJP President Amit Shah today took a dig at the Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi by saying that he is unable to see changes that have taken place in the country because of his ‘Italian spectacles’.

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Keeping next general elections in mind, Amit Shah asks BJP's Rajya Sabha MPs to adopt ‘lost’ Lok Sabha seats

Politics | Aug 31, 2016, 09:59 PM IST

Amit Shah on Wednesday asked the BJP’s Rajya Sabha members to adopt one Lok Sabha seat each where it had lost the last polls.

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Manmohan Singh took more foreign trips than PM Modi: Amit Shah

Politics | Aug 20, 2016, 10:31 PM IST

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh travelled abroad more often than his successor Narendra Modi, BJP national president Amit Shah said today. Further, the BJP chief added that Singh would muddle up his speeches when on

Amit Shah | India TV

Win in 2017 state polls will pave way for 2019 victory: BJP Prez Amit Shah

Politics | Aug 20, 2016, 10:15 PM IST

BJP national president Amit Shah today said that the string of state assembly elections in 2017 are critical for the BJP's plans of winning the 2019 general elections. "Winning the 2017 assembly elections in Goa,

PM Modi lays foundation stone of new BJP office

PM Modi lays foundation stone of new BJP office, says ‘govt committed to sabka saath sabka vikas formula’

Politics | Aug 18, 2016, 12:45 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with party president Amit Shah today laid the foundation stone of a new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office on Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg.

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No development since 1947 as one family held reins for 60 years: BJP Prez Amit Shah

Politics | Aug 13, 2016, 05:18 PM IST

If India has not made any progress since Independence, it’s because one family held the reins for as many as 60 years, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah said today. Coming down hard at

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70 rooms, WiFi, digital library, studios and more: A quick look into BJP’s new HQ at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg

Politics | Aug 18, 2016, 11:26 AM IST

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is in a complete makeover mode to keep up with the changing times. If reports are to believed, party’s present headquarters at 11, Ashoka Road will soon become a history as the office is all set to shift about five km

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BJP president Amit Shah in Gujarat, decision on new CM tomorrow

Politics | Aug 04, 2016, 01:35 PM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah arrived here early this morning to oversee the process of finding a successor to Anandiben Patel, who has formally put in her papers as the Gujarat Chief Minister.

PM Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah

Amit Shah to continue as BJP chief; new Guj CM likely tomorrow

Politics | Aug 03, 2016, 07:31 PM IST

The BJP Parliamentary Board today accepted Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel’s resignation. There was, however, no announcement regarding who will be the next CM of the state, where assembly elections will be held next year.

SC dismisses plea against clean chit to Amit Shah in

SC dismisses plea against clean chit to Amit Shah in Sohrabuddin fake encounter case

Politics | Aug 01, 2016, 02:10 PM IST

The Supreme Court today rejected a petition challenging the clean chit given to BJP President Amit Shah in connection with Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case. "Rejected," a bench comprising Justices S A Bobde and

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If BJP has Amit Shah, Congress has Ghulam Nabi Azad: Sheila Dikshit

Politics | Jul 18, 2016, 11:20 PM IST

New Delhi: Projected as the Congress' chief ministerial candidate for the Uttar Pradesh elections, the former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today dubbed Ghulam Nabi Azad as the Amit Shah of Congress. "If BJP has

Amit Shah inaugurates NEDA conclave in Guwahati

As Amit Shah launches Northeast Alliance, big blow to BJP’s grip in Arunachal

Politics | Jul 13, 2016, 05:17 PM IST

Guwahati: On a day when BJP president Amit Shah was launching the Northeast Democratic Alliance (NEDA), a regional alliance of political parties of North East, with an aim to decimate Congress in the region, the

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Mayawati hits back at Amit Shah, says his ‘money-minting comment shows casteist, jealous mentality’

Politics | Jul 10, 2016, 05:13 PM IST

A day after BJP president Amit Shah attacked Mayawati saying she has turned her party into a money-minting machine, the BSP chief hit back saying his remarks indicated "gross casteist and jealous mentality".

Amit Shah hits back at Rahul Gandhi's barbs at NDA

Amit Shah hits back at Rahul Gandhi's barbs at NDA Government

Politics | Jul 02, 2016, 11:08 PM IST

BJP president Amit Shah today attacked Rahul Gandhi after the Congress Vice President questioned the NDA government's achievements

Amit Shah calls Nitish Kumar a ‘vote katwa’, will

Amit Shah calls Nitish Kumar a ‘vote katwa’, will benefit SP by dividing votes

Politics | Jul 02, 2016, 09:32 PM IST

BJP national president today made a stringent attack on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar calling him a “vote katwa” who will try to divide votes in order to obstruct BJP’s victory in the 2017 Assembly polls.

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UP polls: Only BJP can provide ‘effective alternative’ to both SP and BSP, says Amit Shah

Politics | Jul 01, 2016, 06:31 PM IST

BJP President Amit Shah today thanked the people of Uttar Pradesh for helping the saffron party to get full majority in the parliament and said that only his party can provide an ‘effective alternative’ to both Samajwadi Party (SP) as well as Bahu

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Congress slams Amit Shah for blaming Jawaharlal Nehru for J&K ‘impasse’

Politics | Jun 30, 2016, 08:36 PM IST

The principal opposition party Congress today attacked BJP president Amit Shah for blaming India’s first prime minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s “historic blunder” for the current impasse in Jammu and Kashmir.

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Amit Shah launches tirade against Samajwadi Party, terms it ‘one family party’

Politics | Jun 30, 2016, 04:43 PM IST

BJP president Amit Shah today launched a scathing attack on Uttar Pradesh's ruling Samajwadi Party saying “it was wedded to one family rule, corruption and thuggery”.

Narendra Modi will chair a crucial meet of his council of

Ahead of likely cabinet reshuffle, PM Modi to meet his council of ministers

Politics | Jun 30, 2016, 12:29 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is planning a major revamp of his Union Cabinet ahead of his four African nations tour, starting July 7.