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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 scolds Giriraj for his 'white skin' remark, Nigerian envoy demands apology

Politics | Apr 01, 2015, 10:48 PM IST

New Delhi: BJP President Amit Shah is reported to have scolded union minister Giriraj Singh for his sexist and racist remarks against Congress President.Shah reportedly spoke to Giriraj over phone and warned him against making

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PM Modi asks ministers to get feedback from public

India | Mar 31, 2015, 10:02 PM IST

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra  Modi on Tuesday directed 13 of his ministers to seek feedback of their performance from public.In a meeting that took lasted for over two hours, with all Ministers of State

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Membership rat race: Time for CPM to pull up its socks

Politics | Mar 30, 2015, 03:10 PM IST

Political foyers are buzzing with a new type of competition these days – the membership rat race.  The top-notch national parties of the country are running ahead of time and against each other to build

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With 8.80 crore enrolments, BJP becomes largest political party of the world

Politics | Mar 30, 2015, 09:19 AM IST

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has become the world's largest party by having a membership of 8.80 crore in its kitty. With this, the saffron clan has broken the record of the Communist

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Amit Shah eyes 7 states where the Saffron party is yet to make a mark

Politics | Mar 27, 2015, 11:30 AM IST

New Delhi: BJP chief Amit Shah is busy holding meetings with the leaders of seven states and Union Territories where the Saffron party still has a long way to go in improving its support base.As

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BJP attempts to woo Dalits ahead of Bihar Assembly polls

Politics | Mar 26, 2015, 11:07 AM IST

Patna: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is making all efforts to woo Dalits ahead of the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls.The party is organising a mega event in state capital on the day of Ambedkar Jayanti

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Top News headlines to start your day!

India | Mar 26, 2015, 12:00 AM IST

India to meet Australia in semi final todayIn yet another crucial encounter, India will today face the co-hosts Australia on their home ground at Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) in the second semifinal of World Cup

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Top BJP leaders meet PM over land issue

Politics | Mar 24, 2015, 11:45 PM IST

New Delhi: With the government mulling various options on the land bill, the BJP top brass today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and is reported to have discussed the Land Acquisition Ordinance that expires on

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Eye on Bihar, BJP to begin poll preparations early

Politics | Mar 24, 2015, 09:48 PM IST

New Delhi: After its poll debacle in Delhi, BJP is taking no chances with regard to Bihar which is slated to go for Assembly elections in some months and is set to begin preparations there

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After RSS warning, Amit Shah to meet party workers twice a month

Politics | Mar 24, 2015, 08:10 PM IST

New Delhi: After Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) warned the ruling BJP against a disconnect with its workers, BJP chief Amit Shah has now decided to meet party workers twice a month.At a coordination meeting between

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Nine Major News Events of March 24

India | Mar 24, 2015, 12:03 AM IST

Puducherry BJP functionaries to meet Amit ShahBJP President Amit Shah will hold consultations with a five-member delegation of party's Puducherry unit in Delhi today. The meeting is in connection with the assembly elections due next

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Backwards, dalits will ensure BJP comes to power in UP: Amit Shah

Politics | Mar 22, 2015, 09:57 PM IST

Varanasi: Reaching out to backward and dalit communities, BJP president Amit Shah on Sunday said they should ensure that the party comes to power in Uttar Pradesh for it is only Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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Rajnath, Amit Shah confident of sweeping UP Assembly polls

Politics | Mar 20, 2015, 11:36 PM IST

Lucknow: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today exuded confidence of repeating BJP's Lok Sabha feat in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.The senior BJP leader also accused the opposition parties of indulging in “negative” propaganda against

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Amit Shah to hold meeting in Bulandshehar to discuss BJP membership drive

Politics | Mar 21, 2015, 02:40 PM IST

New Delhi: In order to speed up the BJP membership drive in Uttar Pradesh, BJP National President Amit Shah will chair a meeting in Bulandsheher today. He will participate in the review meeting of the

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BJP to quit Jammu and Kashmir government if 'Kashmir issue' not solved: Amit Shah

Politics | Mar 18, 2015, 09:30 PM IST

Jammu: Amidst raging controversy on Jammu and Kashmir government's alleged 'pro-separatist' moves, BJP chief Amit Shah said that his party would not compromise on national interest and could end its alliance with PDP, if "Kashmir

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A day after J&K assembly poll results, BJP had approached Omar to explore possibility of alliance

Politics | Mar 17, 2015, 11:19 AM IST

New Delhi: A day after the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election result was declared, top bigwigs of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had met the then outgoing CM Omar Abdullah in New Delhi to discuss

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Smriti Irani, Najma Heptulla, Hema Malini dropped from BJP's national executive

Politics | Mar 12, 2015, 08:54 PM IST

New Delhi: HRD minister Smriti Irani, minority affairs minister Najma Heptulla and Mathura MP Hema Malini are among the prominent faces whom BJP chief Amit Shah dropped from party's national executive announced on Thursday.While many

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Amit Shah picks seven ministers to work in non-BJP ruled states

Politics | Mar 11, 2015, 11:50 AM IST

New Delhi: BJP party chief Amit Shah on Tuesday announced list of seven Union Ministers who would pay special attention to non-BJP ruled states.This is the attempt to improve the coordination between the parties to

bjp leadership warns pdp on masarat alam episode

BJP leadership warns PDP on Masarat Alam episode

Politics | Mar 10, 2015, 11:28 PM IST

BJP president Amit Shah today warned the PDP leaders that further release of any political prisoners without taking the BJP into confidence will result in alliance breakdown.Amit Shah today met the Jammu Kasmhir deputy chief

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Alam release: BJP sends a terse warning to PDP

Politics | Mar 10, 2015, 10:14 PM IST

New Delhi/Jammu: BJP today warned PDP, its ally in the newly-formed government in Jammu and Kashmir that any further unilateral actions such as release of separatists or militants will not be tolerated and threw broad

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