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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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Jharkhand Polls: Congress responsible for Jharkhand's instability: Amit Shah

Politics | Dec 04, 2014, 07:35 PM IST

Ormanjhi (Jharkhand):  BJP president Amit Shah today said political instability of Jharkhand in the past 14 years was like a “bad dream” and blamed the Congress for triggering fall of governments.“It was a bad dream

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Saradha scam: I never speak without evidence, says Mamata Banerjee

Politics | Dec 04, 2014, 08:28 AM IST

Jalpaiguri: As the Centre contradicted Amit Shah's claim that Saradha chit fund money was routed to Bangladesh for terror activities, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday hit back at the Bharatiya Janata Party

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Rajya Sabha: TMC attacks Modi government over fuel pricing

Politics | Dec 03, 2014, 12:18 PM IST

New Delhi: The Trinamool Congress continued to attack the Narendra Modi government today over fuel pricing. After raising the issue of black money, BJP President Amit Shah's alleged links with the Sahara group, controversial statement

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Bhagwad Gita has universal relevance: RSS chief

Politics | Dec 03, 2014, 07:30 AM IST

New Delhi: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat Tuesday underscored the universal relevance of the Bhagwad Gita, saying its message must be spread across the national borders to benefit all communities alike.In a public address to mark

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Singer Kumar Sanu joins BJP

Politics | Dec 02, 2014, 11:31 PM IST

New Delhi: Playback singer Kumar Sanu today joined BJP in the presence of party president Amit Shah, sayign he wanted to serve the poor and that a lot could be done under Prime Minister Narendra

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BJP targets TMC as it is playing main opposition role: Mamata

Politics | Dec 02, 2014, 08:26 PM IST

Siliguri (WB): Two days after BJP national president Amit Shah launched a vicious attack against the Trinamool Congress in Kolkata, TMC chief Mamata Banerjee today hit back, saying the saffron party was targeting her party

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Amid Sadhvi row,Amit Shah asserts BJP's objective is social harmony

Politics | Dec 02, 2014, 04:24 PM IST

New Delhi:  On a day BJP came under attack over alleged communal remarks by Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, its president Amit Shah said the party has stood for principles of social harmony since days

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Jharkhand Polls: Rahul Gandhi's campaign made victory easy for BJP, says Amit Shah

Politics | Dec 01, 2014, 11:23 PM IST

Bokaro (Jharkhand): Criticising Congress and JMM for the prevailing state of affairs in Jharkhand, BJP President Amit Shah said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has made BJP's victory easy wherever he went for campaigning.  “It had

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BJP MPs to attend 'Shakti Kendra' meetings today

Politics | Dec 01, 2014, 09:56 AM IST

New Delhi: The BJP MPs will today attend Shakti Kendra meeting from today, as per the directions of Party president Amit Shah.Series of meeting will start from today and continue till December 20 as the

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Jharkhand polls: Amit Shah to address four rallies in the state today

Politics | Dec 01, 2014, 07:32 AM IST

Ranchi: BJP President Amit Shah will address four rallies in Jharkhand today. The first one will be at Hazaribagh then at Chatra, Ramgarh and Swang Bokaro.On Sunday Amit Shah addressed a rally in Kolkata after

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Mamata Banerjeee blocking NIA probe to save accused TMC leaders: Amit Shah

Politics | Nov 30, 2014, 09:57 PM IST

Kolkata: Asserting that countdown has begun for the end of the "corrupt" TMC regime in West Bengal, BJP president Amit Shah today accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of creating hurdles for a proper NIA probe

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Trinamool Congress dubs BJP chief Amit Shah's rally as 'grand flop show'

Politics | Nov 30, 2014, 09:42 PM IST

Kolkata: Ruling Trinamool Congress today refused to attach much importance to BJP chief Amit Shah's rally in the city and described it as a "grand flop show" with poor attendance."Such a meeting is organised by

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I am here to uproot corrupt TMC from West Bengal: Amit Shah

Politics | Nov 30, 2014, 09:37 PM IST

Kolkata: Hitting out at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, BJP president Amit Shah today said the countdown for the end of the "corrupt" Trinamool Congress regime in West Bengal has begun and vowed to uproot the

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Countdown for Trinamool Congress' departure has begun: Amit Shah

Politics | Nov 30, 2014, 05:58 PM IST

Kolkata: Launching a scathing attack on West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress over a host of issues including the Burdwan blast and the Saradha scam, BJP president Amit Shah Sunday said the countdown for the departure

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BJP chief Amit Shah to address rally in Kolkata today

Politics | Nov 30, 2014, 08:30 AM IST

Kolkata: BJP Chief Amit Shah will hold a rally today in the heart of Kolkata, after the city municipal corporation and the fire brigade, on the Calcutta High Court's direction, gave him the permission. On Friday,

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Amit Shah to sound the bugle for 2016, says BJP

Politics | Nov 29, 2014, 11:13 PM IST

Kolkata:  Lashing out at the Trinamool Congress regime for allegedly trying to stop BJP president Amit Shah's rally tomorrow in the city, the party's national secretary Siddharth Nath Singh today said Shah would sound the

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BJP's expansion plans: Focus on states where presence is less

Politics | Nov 29, 2014, 06:41 PM IST

New Delhi:  With an aim of expanding its reach across the country, BJP is laying additional thrust in its ongoing membership drive on seven states as well as the north-east region where its presence is

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HC-appointed special officers inspect Shah's rally site

Politics | Nov 29, 2014, 02:13 PM IST

Kolkata: The site for BJP president Amit Shah's November 30 rally was today inspected by the two special officers appointed by the Calcutta High Court to ensure compliance of fire services and municipal rules besides

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Mamata government to challenge HC order permitting Amit Shah's Kolkata rally

Politics | Nov 29, 2014, 09:39 AM IST

Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress has decided to challenge Calcutta High Court's orders wherein the BJP has been permitted to hold rally in Kolkata slated for tomorrow.When BJP President Amit Shah was denied permission to hold

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BJP welcomes Calcutta High Court order on Amit Shah rally in Kolkata

Politics | Nov 28, 2014, 09:10 PM IST

New Delhi:  Welcoming the Calcutta High Court's verdict on the issue of BJP chief Amit Shah's rally in Kolkata, the party today accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of acting out of vendatta and

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