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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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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

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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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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

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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,

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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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