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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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197 bjp mps campaign in delhi

197 BJP MPs campaign in Delhi

Politics | Dec 20, 2014, 09:47 PM IST

New Delhi: As many as 197 BJP MPs, who have been holding street-corner meetings since December 1 on the directions of party president Amit Shah, have so far addressed such 1078 meetings in different parts

furnish accounts of 60 yr rule amit shah to congress

Furnish accounts of 60-yr rule: Amit Shah to Congress

Politics | Dec 20, 2014, 09:44 PM IST

Chennai: Hitting back at Rahul Gandhi for questioning the performance of the Narendra Modi government, BJP president Amit Shah today demanded the Congress Vice President to furnish ‘accounts' of 60 years of his party rule.Addressing

bjp pitches for anti conversion law

BJP pitches for anti-conversion law

Politics | Dec 20, 2014, 04:13 PM IST

Kochi: As the NDA Government continued to face opposition heat over the conversion issue, BJP President Amit Shah today pitched for an anti-conversion law in the country and wanted the ‘so called secular' political parties

bjp against forcible conversions amit shah

BJP against forcible conversions: Amit Shah

Politics | Dec 20, 2014, 01:31 PM IST

Kochi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah today said his party was against forcible conversions and asked other political parties in the country to support a bill in this regard if they were 'sincere'

amit shah to arrive in tamil nadu today

Amit Shah to arrive in Tamil Nadu today

Politics | Dec 20, 2014, 07:07 AM IST

Chennai: On his first official tour of Tamil Nadu after taking over as party chief, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah will arrive here today on a two-day visit to the state on which

bjp president amit shah to visit kerala today

BJP President Amit Shah to visit Kerala today

Politics | Dec 19, 2014, 12:34 PM IST

Thiruvananthapuram: BJP President Amit Shah will be in Kerala for two days starting from today to gear up the organization for future elections in the state.Shah will be meeting state leaders at Palakkad today. His

bjp chief amit shah to be in kerala for two days

BJP chief Amit Shah to be in Kerala for two days

Politics | Dec 18, 2014, 12:31 PM IST

Thiruvananthapuram: With the BJP consistently failing to make an electoral breakthrough in Kerala, the party's national president Amit Shah will be in the state for two days from tomorrow to gear up the organisation for

amit shah holds meeting with delhi bjp leaders

Amit Shah holds meeting with Delhi BJP leaders

Politics | Dec 18, 2014, 06:43 AM IST

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata  Party (BJP) president Amit Shah held a meeting with Delhi BJP leaders to take the stock of election preparations for the forthcoming Assembly polls.In the meeting held last night, Shah is

amit shah s jan 6 rally will be a grand success singhdeo

Amit Shah's Jan 6 rally will be a grand success: Singhdeo

Politics | Dec 17, 2014, 08:48 PM IST

Bhubaneswar: Elaborate arrangements will be made by the BJP for party president Amit Shah's two-day Odisha visit next month, a senior party leader said.“During his two-day visit beginning January 6, Amitji is slated to address

2014 bengal experienced paradigm shift in political scenario

2014: Bengal experienced paradigm shift in political scenario

Politics | Dec 16, 2014, 10:48 AM IST

Kolkata: West Bengal's political scene experienced a paradigm shift in 2014 with BJP, powered by a good show in the Lok Sabha polls and capitalising on the Saradha chit fund scam and Burdwan blast, emerging

trinamool mps protest outside parliament

Trinamool MPs protest outside Parliament

Politics | Dec 15, 2014, 11:27 AM IST

New Delhi: Draped in black shawls, Trinamool Congress MPs today staged a protest outside Parliament House against the arrest of West Bengal Minister Madan Mitra in the Saradha chit fund case, accusing the Centre of

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BJP chief Amit Shah calls on hospitalised Sharad Pawar in Mumbai

Politics | Dec 13, 2014, 06:25 PM IST

Mumbai: BJP President Amit Shah on Saturday called on Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, who is recuperating at a city hospital after a surgery.Shah visited Pawar at Breach Candy Hospital here and inquired

mamata dares pm narendra modi amit shah to arrest her in

Mamata dares PM Narendra Modi, Amit Shah to arrest her in Saradha scam

Politics | Dec 12, 2014, 09:24 PM IST

Kolkata: A furious West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee today threw an open challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah to arrest her in the Saradha chit fund scam, hours after

india will become congress free soon shah

India will become 'Congress free' soon: Shah

Politics | Dec 12, 2014, 11:34 AM IST

New Delhi: BJP president Amit Shah Friday said "the day was not far" when the country would become "Congress free" as the people want development and are thus voting for the BJP.Speaking at a talk

trust pm modi says bjp chief amit shah in kashmir valley

Trust PM Modi, says BJP chief Amit Shah in Kashmir Valley

Politics | Dec 11, 2014, 11:45 PM IST

Srinagar: BJP chief Amit Shah on Thursday asked the Omar Abdullah-led Jammu and Kashmir government to give an account of Rs 1,700 crore central package meant for flood relief, as he alleged that money provided

bjp will make kashmir crown of india amit shah

BJP will make Kashmir crown of India: Amit Shah

Politics | Dec 11, 2014, 09:53 PM IST

Srinagar:  BJP president Amit Shah Thursday hit out at the Omar Abdullah government in Jammu and Kashmir for its "slow" rehabilitation process after the September floods and alleged mismanagement of central relief funds, while promising

j k polls amit shah to address two public rallies today

J&K Polls: Amit Shah to address two public rallies today

Politics | Dec 11, 2014, 09:50 AM IST

Srinagar: As the state of Jammu and Kashmir heads toward its 4th phase of Assembly polls, BJP President Amit Shah will address two election rallies here today in Shopian and Srinagar.According to sources, he is

jharkhand polls stop perennial rise and fall of govts and

Jharkhand polls: Stop perennial rise and fall of govts and vote BJP to power, says Amit Shah

Politics | Dec 10, 2014, 02:38 PM IST

Giridih (Jharkhand): BJP President Amit Shah today said the people of Jharkhand could stop the ‘perennial rise and fall of governments' seen in the state for the past 14 years if the party was voted

amit shah meets cms of bjp ruled states

Amit Shah meets CMs of BJP-ruled states

Politics | Dec 07, 2014, 11:45 PM IST

New Delhi: BJP chief Amit Shah today held a meeting with chief ministers of all BJP-ruled states and pitched for coordination between the organisation and the governments in those states so that fruits of schemes

sadhvi niranjan jyoti s rally cancelled may not be part of

Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti's rally cancelled; may not be part of BJP electioneering

Politics | Dec 04, 2014, 11:34 PM IST

 New Delhi:  For the second consecutive day, a scheduled rally of controversial Union minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti here today was cancelled by BJP as it gave indications that she will not be involved in the

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