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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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Bhaiyyaji Joshi may get coordinator's post to harmonize BJP, RSS relations

Politics | Mar 08, 2015, 11:59 AM IST

Nagpur: Suresh "Bhaiyyaji" Joshi may soon get a coordinator's responsibility to harmonize situations between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayam Sevasangh (RSS).RSS joint general secretary Dattatrey Hosbole is likely to replace Joshi

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Amit Shah discusses J&K, other issues with RSS leaders

Politics | Mar 07, 2015, 10:23 PM IST

New Delhi/Nagpur: Ahead of RSS' three-day All-India Pratinidhi Sabha meeting next week, BJP president Amit Shah met with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and is learnt to have discussed important political events like BJP's alliance with

amit shah discusses land bill bjp pdp alliance with top rss

Amit Shah discusses Land Bill & BJP-PDP alliance with top RSS leadership

Politics | Mar 07, 2015, 08:51 AM IST

Nagpur: BJP president Amit Shah on Friday met RSS top brass in Nagpur to discuss the controversial Land Bill and the party's alliance with PDP in Jammu and Kashmir. Common minimum program of PDP-BJP alliance,

shah meets bhagwat said to have discussed j k land bill

Shah meets Bhagwat, said to have discussed J&K, land bill

Politics | Mar 07, 2015, 08:39 AM IST

Nagpur: BJP president Amit Shah today had a meeting with the RSS top brass here, seen as significant against the backdrop of the party's alliance with PDP in Jammu and Kashmir and Chief Minister Mufti

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Tamil Nadu No. 1 in electoral corruption: Amit Shah

Politics | Mar 05, 2015, 10:56 PM IST

Coimbatore: Alleging that Tamil Nadu is the number one state in electoral corruption, Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah on Thursday asked party workers to be alert and make efforts to check money flow during

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All work and no play: BJP MPs asked to clear confusion over land bill during Holi vacation

Politics | Mar 05, 2015, 11:24 AM IST

Lucknow: The BJP MPs from Uttar Pradesh have been asked by the top leadership of the party to stay in their constituencies and clear the ongoing “confusion” over the land acquisition bill during their Holi

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Amit Shah, Ranbir Kapoor unfurl largest and tallest Indian flag of the world

India | Mar 04, 2015, 04:30 PM IST

Faridabad: BJP President Amit Shah and actor Ranbir Kapoor unfurled the world's largest and tallest Indian flag in Faridabad on Tuesday.The flag weighs 48 Kg and has dimensions of 96 feet by 64 feet.It was

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PM Modi, Amit Shah host dinner for BJP MPs from UP

Politics | Mar 04, 2015, 08:34 AM IST

New Delhi: BJP yesterday asked its party MPs to reach out to people to dispel the opposition "propaganda" on the land acquisition bill as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president Amit Shah hosted a

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Amit Shah in UP, asks people to join Swachh Bharat campaign

Politics | Mar 02, 2015, 11:45 PM IST

Pratapgarh(UP): BJP President Amit Shah today appealed the people to join Swachh Bharat campaign launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.After dedicating a newly-constructed Sheetla Devi Dham temple here to public, Shah said, ‘Sheetla Maa' was

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Sohrabuddin fake encounter case: Charges against Geeta Johri dropped

India | Mar 02, 2015, 07:46 PM IST

Mumbai:  A special CBI court on Monday dropped charges against Gujarat Additional Director-General of Police Geeta Johri in connection with Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Tulsiram Prajapati fake encounter cases, for want of mandatory sanction from Maharashtra

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Maharashtra govt working on Centre's direction: Raj Thackeray

Politics | Mar 02, 2015, 06:32 PM IST

Nashik: MNS chief Raj Thackeray has charged the Maharashtra government with working on directives of the Centre.The previous Congress-NCP government in Maharashtra functioned on the directives of its high command in Delhi and now the

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BJP rubbishes report of Mukul Roy's meeting with party chief

Politics | Mar 02, 2015, 05:15 PM IST

Kolkata: Amid speculation of TMC leader Mukul Roy joining the saffron party, BJP today said there is no truth in such stories and denied Roy's meeting with party president Amit Shah.“It is an utter lie.

bjp president amit shah to visit coimbatore on march 5

BJP president Amit Shah to visit Coimbatore on March 5

Politics | Mar 01, 2015, 08:27 PM IST

Coimbatore: BJP president Amit Shah will pay a one-day visit to the city on March 5 to take stock of the political situation in Tamil Nadu during which he will have discussions with top party

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This is a budget for all, will bring prosperity to states: Amit Shah

Politics | Feb 28, 2015, 10:05 PM IST

New Delhi: BJP today said that the Union Budget offers something for everyone and will bring prosperity to states and strengthen the country's economy to realise the dream of ‘One India, Great India'.Prime Minister Narendra

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High economic growth will wipe tears of the poor: Amit Shah

Politics | Feb 27, 2015, 10:17 PM IST

New Delhi: Expressing optimism over the state of the economy as highlighted in the Economic Survey, BJP President Amit Shah said that if the country grows with high rate it will provide an opportunity to

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Rail budget inspired by Modi's priorities: Amit Shah

Politics | Feb 26, 2015, 09:32 PM IST

New Delhi: BJP President Amit Shah today termed the railway budget as “futuristic and development-oriented” which reflects NDA government's policy of “Sabka saath, Sabka vikas”.Shah said “the budget is inspired by the priorities of Prime

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PM Modi firm on changes in Land Acquisition Act; Amit Shah forms panel to seek farmers' views

Politics | Feb 24, 2015, 04:08 PM IST

New Delhi: The NDA government on Tuesday tabled the Land Acquisition Bill in the Lok Sabha amid uproar by the opposition. Despite stiff resistance from the opposition parties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today made it

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Amit Shah-Mehbooba Mufti to seal J&K government formation deal today

Politics | Feb 24, 2015, 08:03 AM IST

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Parliamentary Board has given its nod to party's Jammu and Kashmir unit to forge an alliance with PDP to provide a ‘stable' government to the people of border

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Mehbooba- Amit Shah meeting tomorrow; Govt in JK likely on March 1

Politics | Feb 23, 2015, 11:23 PM IST

New Delhi: A PDP-BJP coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir, headed by Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, is likely to be sworn-in on March one with the two parties sorting out all issues, including differences over AFSPA

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J&K govt formation: Mehbooba Mufti likely to meet Amit Shah today

Politics | Feb 23, 2015, 09:40 AM IST

New Delhi: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti is likely to meet BJP chief Amit Shah today in Delhi to finalise the common minimum programme between the two parties needed for formation of a ‘stable' government in

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