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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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BJP National Executive likely to meet on June 11-12

Politics | May 08, 2016, 11:10 AM IST

New Delhi: The BJP National Executive is set to meet next month and party president Amit Shah is expected to recast the key decision making body and other frontal organisations before the exercise. Party

Amit Shah

Kerala Assembly Elections: BJP president Amit Shah cancels poll visit

Politics | May 01, 2016, 06:26 PM IST

Thiruvananthapuram: BJP President Amit Shah, who was to kickoff his campaign tour of Kerala for the May 16 assembly elections on Sunday, has cancelled his visit following indisposition. Shah was scheduled to arrive at the

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Amit Shah trying to create smokescreen with lies: Congress

Politics | Apr 30, 2016, 04:42 PM IST

New Delhi:Congress today trashed BJP chief Amit Shah's charges against Sonia Gandhi and party leaders on AgustaWestland deal, terming them as "deliberate lies", and demanded that he apologise for his "politics of deceit" and attempts

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Amit Shah targets Sonia again, poses questions to her

Politics | Apr 29, 2016, 05:29 PM IST

Ahmedabad: Intensifying his attack, BJP President Amit Shah today targeted Congress chief Sonia Gandhi once again over the VVIP chopper scam asking her to explain a ”number of relaxations” given to AgustaWestland which, he alleged,

Amit Shah attack on Congress chief Sonia Gandhi

Sonia Gandhi should reveal who got ‘kickbacks’ in AgustaWestland scam: Amit Shah

Politics | Apr 28, 2016, 05:40 PM IST

New Delhi: BJP chief Amit Shah on Thursday launched a sharp attack on Congress chief Sonia Gandhi over the VVIP chopper scam and asked her to name those who received the “kickbacks”. ”All I want

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Amit Shah questions Mamata Banerjee’s silence on AgustaWestland chopper deal

Politics | Apr 27, 2016, 11:50 PM IST

Kolkata: On a day when the VVIP chopper scam sparked tensions in parliament, BJP chief Amit Shah on Wednesday questioned the silence of West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee on the

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PM Modi, Amit Shah ordered staged shootout in Ishrat Jahan case, says Congress

Politics | Apr 24, 2016, 11:19 PM IST

New Delhi: The Congress today said the Gujarat Police killed Ishrat Jahan in a staged shootout in 2004 on the orders of the then chief minister Narendra Modi and BJP leader Amit Shah. The opposition

Sreesanth with BJP President Amit Shah

Kerala polls: Can Sreesanth create history by becoming the first BJP MLA in the state?

Politics | Apr 24, 2016, 09:51 AM IST

It will be interesting to see if Sreesanth succeeds in proving political pundits of the state wrong and creates history by becoming the first BJP MLA in the state.

Narendra Modi with Amit Shah

36 years of BJP: A journey from ‘Atal-Advani’ to ‘Modi-Shah’ era

Politics | Apr 06, 2016, 07:22 PM IST

Today, a new generation has taken over the mantle and instead of ‘Atal-Advani’, the new buzz word in the party is ‘Modi-shah’.

Narendra Modi and Amit Shah

BJP turns 36, PM Modi says people see party as ray of hope

Politics | Apr 06, 2016, 10:21 AM IST

As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) celebrates its 36th foundation day today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended his wishes to all the party workers and said that the nations had reposed their faith in the party, seeing it as means to fulfil their

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Amit Shah backs Baba Ramdev, asks 'Does freedom of expression not apply to him'

Politics | Apr 06, 2016, 08:21 AM IST

New Delhi: BJP president Amit Shah on Tuesday came out in support of yoga guru Baba Ramdev for his remarks on the row over Bharat Mata Ki Jai, even as Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu

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PM's inclusive development agenda has found resonance around the world: Amit Shah

Politics | Apr 04, 2016, 11:22 PM IST

BJP chief Amit Shah today claim that government's agenda of "inclusive development" has found resonance even in the Muslim world.

Backtracking RSS leaves BJP high and dry

Backtracking RSS leaves BJP high and dry

Politics | Apr 02, 2016, 02:37 PM IST

The beauty of an open society is that its air of freedom has a calming effect on fundamentalists.

Amit Shah

Amit Shah assails Rahul over 'Gandhi ours, Savarkar yours' remark

Politics | Mar 27, 2016, 05:55 PM IST

Hitting out at Rahul Gandhi over his "Gandhi is ours, Savarkar yours" remark, BJP chief Amit Shah today asked the BJP cadres to launch a nation-wide movement against Congress on the issue of nationalism.

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Amit Shah promises corruption-free govt in Assam

Politics | Mar 25, 2016, 08:34 PM IST

BJP President Amit Shah today hit out at Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi saying the state made no progress and during his 15-year tenure, which only saw unprecedented corruption and illegal infiltration.

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CPI(M) pursuing 'politics of violence': Amit Shah

Politics | Mar 24, 2016, 07:06 AM IST

Thiruvananthapuram: Slamming CPI(M) in Kerala, BJP president Amit Shah on Wednesday alleged that the Left party was promoting "politics of violence" to ensure its existence. While visiting a private hospital where three BJP workers are

Jaitley

Freedom of expression gives no right to destroy nation: BJP

Politics | Mar 20, 2016, 05:18 PM IST

BJP today said freedom of expression does not give a right to seek the country's destruction, as the issue found the pride of place in the political resolution adopted at its National Executive meeting here.

Arun Jaitley

BJP to improve presence in upcoming assembly elections: Arun Jaitley

Politics | Mar 20, 2016, 01:38 PM IST

New Delhi: Union minister and senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley today said that the party would "increase its presence" in the upcoming assembly elections. Addressing the media on day 2 of the National executive

Amit Shah

There should be no dispute over 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai': Amit Shah

Politics | Mar 20, 2016, 07:44 AM IST

New Delhi: The raging row over nationalism took centerstage at the BJP National Executive meet on Saturday with party chief saying denigration of the nation will not be acceptable under any circumstance and there should

Mehbooba Mufti and Amit Shah

Mehbooba Mufti meets Amit Shah, but deadlock over J&K govt formation continues

Politics | Mar 18, 2016, 09:32 AM IST

Mehbooba Mufti met BJP president Amit Shah on Thursday amid rising speculation about government formation in Jammu and Kashmir, but there was no clear indication whether they have made any headway.

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