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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's official website launched

Politics | Sep 26, 2015, 05:59 PM IST

New Delhi: BJP general secretary Ram Lal today launched the website of party chief Amit Shah, who hoped it will help interact with the people of the country and party workers."I always receive complaints from

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Don't think present quota system needs review: Amit Shah

Politics | Sep 23, 2015, 07:32 AM IST

Patna: BJP President Amit Shah yesterday said his party believed in the existing reservation system and there was no need for its review even as remarks by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in this regard were

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Election Commission seeks explanation from Amit Shah over Joy Banerjee's remarks

Politics | Sep 22, 2015, 09:55 PM IST

New Delhi: Taking umbrage at the remarks of a West Bengal BJP leader that the Election Commission is now under the party's “control”, the poll watchdog on Tuesday asked its national president Amit Shah to

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A person who faced legal restrains shouldn't talk about jungle raaj: Congress retorts to Shah

Politics | Sep 14, 2015, 11:46 PM IST

New Delhi: In a sharp retort to Amit Shah for his attack on the grand 'secular' alliance in Bihar, Congress today reminded the BJP president of the Gujarat riots cases and said a person who

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Bihar polls 2015: Manjhi 'fully satisfied' with 20 seats, calls truce with Paswan

Politics | Sep 14, 2015, 07:48 PM IST

New Delhi: After getting more seats than offered earlier, former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Monday said he was "fully satisfied" with the seat-sharing arrangement among NDA allies for contesting the state assembly

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Bihar polls: NDA partners reach seat sharing agreement

Politics | Sep 14, 2015, 01:51 PM IST

New Delhi: The NDA partners in Bihar finally reached a seat-sharing agreement for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections.BJP president Amit Shah today announced that out of total 243 seats, his party will contest 160 seats.While

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Bihar polls: BJP-Jitan Ram Manjhi seal seat sharing deal

Politics | Sep 14, 2015, 11:50 AM IST

New Delhi: In a fresh development, it is learnt that the BJP and former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi have sealed seat sharing agreement for the upcoming Bihar assembly polls.Sources said that Hindustani Avam Morcha

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Amit Shah praises RSS for efforts to integrate NE with rest of country

Politics | Sep 13, 2015, 09:28 PM IST

New Delhi: BJP chief Amit Shah today heaped lavish praise at RSS for its effort to integrate North East with rest of India as he felicitated noted Gandhian Natwar Thakkar for his life-long contribution in

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ABVP win in Delhi University, JNU shows youth's support for Modi: Amit Shah

Politics | Sep 13, 2015, 08:44 PM IST

New Delhi:  BJP chief Amit Shah on Sunday said the ABVP's clean sweep in Delhi University student union polls showed nationwide "approval" of the Modi government's policies among the youth, claiming that institutions like DU

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ABVP win in DU JNU shows youth's support for Modi: Amit Shah

Politics | Sep 13, 2015, 06:11 PM IST

New Delhi:  BJP chief Amit Shah today said the ABVP's clean sweep in Delhi University Student Union polls showed nationwide "approval" of the Modi government's policies among the youth, claiming that institutions like DU and

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Bihar Assembly polls: Decision on seat-sharing today

India | Sep 13, 2015, 10:48 AM IST

Bihar Assembly polls: Decision on seat-sharing todayNew Delhi:  Ahead of the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls, former state chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi met Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah on Saturday over discusions related to

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BJP, NSUI congratulate ABVP on wining DUSU polls

Politics | Sep 12, 2015, 06:30 PM IST

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders along with NSUI on saturday congratulated the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) for winning all the seats in Delhi University Students' Union elections.BJP national president Amit Shah took

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Bihar polls: BJP may contest 170 seats, announcement today

Politics | Sep 12, 2015, 09:51 AM IST

New Delhi: The suspense over seat sharing between the allies of NDA partners for the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls is likely to end today.The announcement of seats is likely to be made by Bharatiya Janata

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PM has fulfilled OROP promise, Congress played a joke: Amit Shah

Politics | Sep 05, 2015, 10:13 PM IST

New Delhi:  Terming as “historic” the Centre's decision on ‘One Rank, One Pension', BJP today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has fulfilled the commitment he made to ex-servicemen and provided them economic security while Congress

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Congress, BJP spar over OROP

Politics | Sep 05, 2015, 09:58 PM IST

New Delhi:  The OROP announcement today triggered a war of words with the Congress accusing the Modi government of "substantially diluting" its provisions and the BJP hitting back, slamming the opposition party of playing a

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Amit Shah assures early implementation of OROP

Politics | Sep 04, 2015, 06:08 PM IST

New Delhi:  BJP President Amit Shah today said the government will soon implement 'One Rank, One Pension' scheme even as agitating ex-servicemen threatened to intensify their protest if any unilateral announcement is made which does

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PM Modi may attend key RSS meet starting tomorrow

Politics | Sep 02, 2015, 12:29 AM IST

New Delhi:  For the first time after becoming Prime Minister, Narendra Modi is expected to attend a key RSS meet starting here tomorrow which is likely to brainstorm on a number of contentious issues including

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Bihar polls: BJP to meet allies today to discuss seat sharing

Politics | Aug 31, 2015, 09:42 AM IST

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its Bihar allies will meet today to thrash out a deal over seat-sharing in the state assembly polls amid strident demands being made by parties like LJP

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NDA government dedicated to poor, farmers: Amit Shah

Politics | Aug 31, 2015, 06:56 AM IST

New Delhi: Hailing the Centre's decision to bring 13 laws under the Land Acquisition Act, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) called it a "pro-farmer" measure and insisted that its government will work to get the

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PM's Office likely to discuss Posco issue with Odisha govt

India | Aug 25, 2015, 10:30 AM IST

PM's Office likely to discuss Posco issue with Odisha government todayNew Delhi: The Prime Minister's Office is likely to take up the issue of steel giant Posco's proposed $10.5-billion integrated steel plant in Jagatsinghpur with

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