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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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Amit Shah blames Nehru for Kashmir issue, terms it as 'historic blunder'

Politics | Jun 29, 2016, 04:59 PM IST

New Delhi: President Amit Shah on Wednesday blamed late Jawaharlal Nehru accusing him of having committed a “historic blunder” on Kashmir and the criticised the then Congress leadership for the partition. Referring to the declaration

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Amit Shah says UP Government failed to deliver, rakes up Kairana

Politics | Jun 27, 2016, 09:59 PM IST

Barabanki: BJP chief Amit Shah today said that Uttar Pradesh's government with its "three and a half CMs" has failed to maintain law and order. He also raked up the Kairana issue, claiming that incidents

Rs 12 lakh crore-worth scams took place during UPA rule:

Rs 12 lakh crore-worth scams took place during UPA rule: Amit Shah

Politics | Jun 26, 2016, 10:35 PM IST

Dehradun: BJP President Amit Shah has alleged that scams to the tune of Rs 12 lakh crore took place during the 10-year rule of the UPA government. Addressing the BJP state council meeting at Haldwani,

Amit Shah visits renowned Sivagiri mutt in Kerala

Amit Shah visits renowned Sivagiri Mutt in Kerala

Politics | Jun 23, 2016, 06:40 PM IST

Amit Shah today visited Sivagiri Mutt at Varkala, a major spiritual centre of the backward Ezhava community, established by Kerala's renowned 20th century saint-social reformer Sree Narayana Guru.

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BJP chief Amit Shah backs simultaneous Lok Sabha, Assembly Polls

Politics | Jun 16, 2016, 06:55 AM IST

New Delhi: BJP favours holding simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and state assemblies and has written to the Standing Committee of Parliament in this regard. The suggestion was mooted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to

Amit Shah and Varun Gandhi

UP Assembly elections: Varun Gandhi skips Amit Shah’s dinner meeting, raises eyebrows

Politics | Jun 14, 2016, 05:19 PM IST

In a development that points to a possible rift within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, party MP from Sultanpur Varun Gandhi on Monday skipped a dinner meeting with party president Amit Shah.

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Amit Shah targets SP govt over Mathura, Kairana incidents

Politics | Jun 12, 2016, 09:26 PM IST

Allahabad: Attacking the Samajwadi Party government over recent incidents in Mathura and Kairana in Uttar Pradesh, which goes to polls early next year, BJP President Amit Shah today said the prevailing “atmosphere of violence” in

Telangana Finance Minister E. Rajender

No truth in Amit Shah’s claim of Rs 90,000 crore central assistance: Telangana govt

Politics | Jun 11, 2016, 04:44 PM IST

Telangana Finance Minister E. Rajender today said that BJP President Amit Shah has made false claims of Rs 90,000 crore central assistance.

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Rs 12 lakh cr-worth scams took place during Congress rule: Amit Shah

Politics | Jun 10, 2016, 11:13 PM IST

Suryapet (Telangana): In a strong attack on Congress and its leadership, BJP president Amit Shah today alleged that corruption to the tune of Rs 12 lakh crore took place when it was in power, and

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Will get two-thirds majority in 2017 UP polls, claims Amit Shah; lashes out at Akhilesh govt

Politics | Jun 07, 2016, 08:16 PM IST

Etah: In the latest in the string of attacks on the Samajwadi Party, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah today questioned Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on the government’s contribution towards the welfare

Jawaharlal Nehru and Amit Shah

Nehru’s nation building idea was based on replacing old traditions with imported ones: Amit Shah

Politics | Jun 06, 2016, 11:29 AM IST

Pune: Continuing BJP’s attack on Jawaharlal Nehru, party president Amit Shah on Sunday said that the first Prime Minister's idea of nation building was based on "discarding" old traditions and replacing them with "imported ideas"

Manas Deka with Amit Shah

Kanhaiya's 'attacker' greets Amit Shah, takes selfie with him

Politics | Jun 06, 2016, 09:35 AM IST

Pune: Manas Deka, accused by the JNU students leader Kanhaiya Kumar of trying to "strangle" him on board an aircraft in April, on Sunday led a delegation of Assamese youths which greeted BJP president Amit

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Mathura violence: Amit Shah slams SP govt, dares Mulayam to sack Shivpal Yadav

Politics | Jun 04, 2016, 07:46 PM IST

Lucknow: BJP on Saturday came out all guns blazing against Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh over Mathura violence with president Amit Shah daring SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav to sack senior minister and his

Eknath Khadse

Khadse’s sacking imminent? Maha CM Fadnavis meets BJP chief Amit Shah

Politics | Jun 02, 2016, 06:56 PM IST

Mumbai: Trouble seems to be mounting on Maharashtra Revenue minister Eknath Khadse, tackling twin charges of land grabbing and links with Underworld kingpin Dawood Ibrahim. As per latest information, BJP chief Amit Shah has sought

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BJP will 'uproot' SP, BSP from Uttar Pradesh: Amit Shah

Politics | May 31, 2016, 09:04 PM IST

Amit Shah today said the party will "uproot" the Samajwadi Party and BSP from Uttar Pradesh in the 2017 Assembly polls.

Akhilesh Yadav

Akhilesh Yadav slams Amit Shah's meal plan with Dalit family in Varanasi

Politics | May 31, 2016, 02:55 PM IST

Taking a swipe at BJP chief Amit Shah's plan to have a meal with a Dalit family in Varanasi, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today charged it was being done with an eye on the UP Assembly polls and said the Samajwadi Party does not see people on the ba

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Eye on UP polls: Amit Shah to have meal with dalit family in Varanasi

Politics | May 31, 2016, 10:27 AM IST

After its resounding victory in Assam, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has shifted focus to the assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh due next year.

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BJP has given a decisive and corruption free government: Amit Shah

Politics | May 30, 2016, 03:51 PM IST

Hyderabad: Hitting back at Congress for accusing the Narendra Modi government of doing nothing in the last two years, BJP president Amit Shah on Sunday said his party has given a decisive and corruption free

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BJP not celebrating, only giving report of work to people: Amit Shah

Politics | May 29, 2016, 10:40 PM IST

BJP chief Amit Shah today said the party was only giving a report of its work to the people.

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Listen to the government, Bajrang Dal is not BJP, says Shah

Politics | May 27, 2016, 08:01 PM IST

New Delhi: Downplaying a controversy over the Bajrang Dal's "self-defence training camps" in Uttar Pradesh, BJP president Amit Shah on Friday said his party's focus in next year's state assembly polls would be on development