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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 trapped in lift for 40 minutes; rescued by CRPF

Politics | Aug 21, 2015, 01:11 PM IST

Patna:  BJP President Amit Shah and three other senior leaders were trapped in the lift of the state guest house here for around 40 minutes, throwing the security and party officials into a tizzy.“The lift

progress with nitish kumar but bihar still on lowest rungs

Progress with Nitish Kumar but Bihar still on lowest rungs

Politics | Aug 19, 2015, 06:29 PM IST

 Bihar has the second-highest economic growth among poor states  It has India's third-highest level of poverty  Unemployment in Bihar is the highest among the poorest states  98% families in rural Bihar do not have access to toilets in

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Parliament ruckus unfortunate, Congress should back GST: Amit Shah

Politics | Aug 12, 2015, 05:42 PM IST

Kolkata: Terming the ongoing logjam in Parliament as ‘unfortunate' BJP national president Amit Shah today said the GST bill had been stalled for political reasons and appealed to Congress to support it for the development

bjp slams nitish for remarks against amit shah

BJP slams Nitish for remarks against Amit Shah

Politics | Aug 10, 2015, 09:16 AM IST

Patna: The BJP today hit back at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for commenting on its national president Amit Shah's imprisonment in some criminal cases and claimed that Shah had been falsely implicated by the

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Will go to people with work, not 'jumlas': Nitish Kumar

Politics | Aug 08, 2015, 01:25 AM IST

Patna:  Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said he will seek the people's mandate on the basis of his work and not by using "jumlas" (euphemism) like the BJP, in an apparent dig at BJP

amit shah to meet functionaries from south 5 other events

Amit Shah to meet functionaries from South; 5 other events of the day

India | Aug 06, 2015, 10:07 AM IST

1. Amit Shah to meet functionaries from SouthChennai: BJP National president, Amit Shah, will today visit Madurai on for an interaction with grass root level functionaries of the party's southern district units.2. Rahat Fateh Ali

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BJP unleasing RSS terror in Kerala: CPI(M)

Politics | Aug 05, 2015, 06:43 AM IST

Kochi: Countering charges of BJP president Amit Shah that CPI (M) used violence against his party workers to curb the spread of their ideology, the Left party claimed the situation was the other way around and

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Congress MPs to stage dharna in Parliament Complex; 9 other major events of the day

India | Aug 04, 2015, 10:11 AM IST

1. Congress MPs to stage dharna in Parliament ComplexNew Delhi: Congress MPs will today stage a dharna in front of the Mahatma Gandhi statue in Parliament Complex to protest against the suspension. Members of other

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Kalam, best exemplar of the idea of India: BJP

Politics | Jul 28, 2015, 10:05 AM IST

New Delhi: Calling it a nation's "loss of a visionary", BJP today paid glowing tributes to former President A P J Abdul Kalam with party chief Amit Shahdescribing him as the "best exemplar" of the

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BJP president Amit Shah wishes Ajay Devgn for 'Drishyam'

Bollywood | Jul 27, 2015, 02:17 PM IST

Mumbai: Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah has conveyed his best wishes to actor Ajay Devgn for his forthcoming film "Drishyam".The "Golmaal" actor met the politician on Sunday.Later, Shah posted on Twitter with a photograph:

uddhav thackeray admits to no communication with amit shah

Uddhav Thackeray admits to 'no communication' with Amit Shah

Politics | Jul 25, 2015, 08:35 PM IST

Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray has admitted that there is barely any communication between him and Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah."No, there is no dialogue between us," Thackeray said tersely in the third

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No resignations over Lalit Modi, Vyapam scam: Government

Politics | Jul 22, 2015, 04:04 PM IST

New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government on Wednesday reasserted that union minister Sushma Swaraj and two BJP chief ministers will not resign over the Lalit Modi controversy and Vyapam scam and termed opposition allegations on the

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Stand by what I wrote: Shanta Kumar on Vyapam scam

Politics | Jul 21, 2015, 12:09 PM IST

New Delhi: Former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Shanta Kumar on Tuesday said he stands by the letter he wrote to BJP president Amit Shah saying the Vyapam scam had damaged the party's image."The Bharatiya Janata

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Vyapam, Lalitgate, chikki scam dented Modi govt's image: Shanta Kumar

Politics | Jul 21, 2015, 08:09 PM IST

New Delhi: Senior BJP leader Shanta Kumar has released copies of a letter he wrote to party chief Amit Shah stating that the Vyapam scam, Lalitgate and chikki scam had dented the image of one-year

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Vyapam Scam: MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan meets BJP Chief Amit Shah

Politics | Jul 20, 2015, 11:33 AM IST

New Delhi: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan met BJP chief Amit Shah yesterday amid the ongoing controversy over Vyapam scam.Chouhan has briefed his party president on various matters related to the scam and

amit shah discusses parliament strategy with bjp ministers

Amit Shah discusses Parliament strategy with BJP ministers

Politics | Jul 19, 2015, 11:17 PM IST

New Delhi: Ahead of the Monsoon session, BJP chief Amit Shah on Sunday discussed with senior Union Ministers the strategy to counter the opposition in Parliament and is also meeting party Chief Ministers Vasundhara Raje

bjp leaders discuss strategy for monsoon session

BJP leaders discuss strategy for monsoon session

Politics | Jul 19, 2015, 05:13 PM IST

New Delhi: With the opposition warning of a stormy parliament session, top BJP leaders met party president Amit Shah here on Sunday to finalise their strategy for the session.The meeting comes a day ahead of

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Lalu Prasad's horse carts to take on BJP 'raths'

Politics | Jul 17, 2015, 04:20 PM IST

Patna:  RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Friday said he will unleash 1,000 horse carts, called 'Tum-Tum', across Bihar to take on the BJP's high-tech 'raths' ahead of assembly elections."I will flag off 1,000 Tum-Tums for campaigning

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India warns Pakistan of forceful reply over unprovoked firing: Top 5 News Headlines

India | Jul 16, 2015, 10:43 PM IST

Response to unprovoked Pak firing will be 'forceful': IndiaNew Delhi:  Amid heightened tension along their border resulting in casualties on both sides, India today warned Pakistan of “effective and forceful” response to unprovoked firing and

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Amit Shah sounds NDA's poll bugle in Bihar with Parivartan Rath

Politics | Jul 17, 2015, 07:39 AM IST

Patna:  Accusing Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of “dashing” dreams of socialist leaders Jayprakash Narayan and Karpoori Thakur by joining hands with Congress, BJP chief Amit Shah today sounded the bugle for coming Bihar poll.“Nitish Kumar

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