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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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Congress does not need lessons of honesty from BJP: Siddaramaiah

Politics | Jan 05, 2015, 07:33 AM IST

Bengaluru: Hitting back at BJP President Amit Shah for his offensive against the Congress government in Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said they did not need lessons of honesty from BJP, whose former ministers

odisha bjp upbeat over amit shah visit

Odisha BJP upbeat over Amit Shah visit

Politics | Jan 05, 2015, 06:58 AM IST

Bhubaneswar: With two days to go for the maiden Odisha visit of BJP President Amit Shah, party leaders Sunday expressed optimism that the high profile tour would help rejuvenate the organisation in the state.  Preparations

amit shah to launch bjp s drugs campaign jan 22

Amit Shah to launch BJP's drugs campaign Jan 22

Politics | Jan 04, 2015, 06:47 PM IST

Chandigarh: BJP president Amit Shah will launch the party's campaign against drugs from Amritsar Jan 22, a senior BJP leader said Sunday.Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal said that the campaign would be

odisha bjp upbeat about amit shah s visit

Odisha BJP upbeat about Amit Shah's visit

Politics | Jan 04, 2015, 05:28 PM IST

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha BJP is hoping that party president Amit Shah's visit to the state from Jan 6 will revitalise and strengthen its position after the drubbing it received in the assembly and general elections,

bjp to field celebrity mps during delhi campaign

BJP to field celebrity MPs during Delhi campaign

Politics | Jan 04, 2015, 11:08 AM IST

New Delhi: In order to woo voters in the upcoming Assembly election, Delhi BJP will bank on celebrity MPs Hema Malini, Shatrughan Sinha, Vinod Khanna and Smriti Irani who will be addressing rallies in the

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Amit Shah launches offensive against Congress govt in Karnataka

Politics | Jan 03, 2015, 08:31 PM IST

Bengaluru: As BJP seeks to regain its supremacy in Karnataka, party President Amit Shah today launched an offensive against the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government, calling it “non-performing”, corrupt and “defunct” with “abysmal” failure in governance and

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BJP looking at all possibilities for J&K govt formation: Amit Shah

Politics | Jan 03, 2015, 08:10 PM IST

Bengaluru: As stalemate continued in Jammu and Kashmir over government formation, BJP chief Amit Shah today said his party is looking at “all possibilities” and hoped that a decision will come “anytime”.“All options are open

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Our forces will give fitting reply: Amit Shah on Pakistan firing

Politics | Jan 03, 2015, 04:40 PM IST

Bengaluru: BJP President Amit Shah today said that under the NDA regime Indian security forces have been retaliating strongly whenever Pakistan resorts to ceasefire violations along the Indo-Pak border and will continue to take similar

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Shahnawaz, Munda will be general secretaries in Amit Shah's new team

Politics | Jan 03, 2015, 12:43 PM IST

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah is likely to add five new faces to his team before the upcoming Delhi state assemble elections.As per the exclusive details available with the India TV,

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Saradha scam: Madan Mitra denied bail again, judicial custody extended

Politics | Jan 03, 2015, 07:43 AM IST

Kolkata: A court here Friday again rejected the bail plea of West Bengal Transport Minister Madan Mitra, who was arrested in the Saradha scam, and extended his judicial custody till Jan 16.On the expiry of

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Talks on with PDP, NC on govt formation in JK: Amit Shah

Politics | Jan 02, 2015, 06:49 PM IST

Srinagar/Mumbai: As the impasse over government formation in Jammu and Kashmir persisted for the 11th day on Friday, BJP on Friday said said talks were on with both PDP and NC but there has been

bjp plans mega rally by pm modi amit shah to kickstart poll

BJP plans mega rally by PM Modi, Amit Shah to kickstart poll campaign in Delhi

Politics | Jan 01, 2015, 09:15 AM IST

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janatya Party (BJP) will kickstart its campaign to capture power in Delhi at a mega rally on January 10 to be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Ministers of

amit shah hasn t got clean chit yet congress

Amit Shah hasn't got clean chit yet: Congress

Politics | Dec 31, 2014, 09:40 PM IST

New Delhi: The CBI special court's decision to discharge BJP president Amit Shah in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Tulsiram Prajapati case was not akin to a "clean chit", the Congress said Wednesday.The Bharatiya Janata Party's

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Amit Shah relief: CPI concerned over 'gross manipulation' of CBI

Politics | Dec 31, 2014, 06:11 PM IST

New Delhi: A day after a special CBI court exonerated BJP chief Amit Shah in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, CPI today expressed concern over the "gross manipulation" of CBI by ruling politicians and

cause of concern that the cbi allowed itself to be misused

Cause of concern that the CBI allowed itself to be misused: Arun Jaitley

Politics | Dec 31, 2014, 11:16 AM IST

New Delhi: Lauding the "independent" judicial system for discharging BJP chief Amit Shah from Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said the charge against him was without any basis and it

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Court decision on Shah 'victory of truth', says BJP

Politics | Dec 31, 2014, 07:25 AM IST

New Delhi: The BJP Tuesday welcomed the discharge of party president Amit Shah by a special court in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh case and termed it a "victory of truth".Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Finance Minister

cause of concern that the cbi allowed itself to be misused

Cause of concern that the CBI allowed itself to be misused: FM

Politics | Dec 30, 2014, 11:57 PM IST

New Delhi: Lauding the “independent” judicial system for discharging BJP Chief Amit Shah from Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the charge against him was without any basis and it was

don t get involved in groupism amit shah tells delhi bjp

Don't get involved in groupism: Amit Shah tells Delhi BJP leaders

Politics | Dec 30, 2014, 11:05 PM IST

New Delhi: Eyeing to capture power in the capital after a hiatus of 16 years, BJP President Amit Shah today warned leaders of the city unit against any groupism and directed them to ensure that

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Clean chit to Amit Shah in Sohrabuddin, Tulsiram Prajapati encounter cases

Politics | Dec 30, 2014, 11:39 PM IST

Mumbai: BJP president Amit Shah Tuesday got a major relief when a special CBI Court discharged him in the alleged staged shootout case related to Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his wife Kauserbi Sheikh and witness Tulsiram Prajapati

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TMC should take lessons from Amit Shah: Siddharth Singh

Politics | Dec 30, 2014, 10:20 PM IST

Kolkata: Asking the TMC leadership to take lessons from the way BJP Chief Amit Shah abided by the rule of law in the Sohrabuddin case, BJP National Secretary Siddharth Nath Singh today said instead TMC

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