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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Amit Shah’s last visit to the state in August 2023 fueled speculation of a potential electoral understanding with the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) following his meetings with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and his private secretary, VK Pandian.
Lok Sabha elections 2024: Congress president attacked PM Modi for calling Congress manifesto an imprint of the pre-independence Muslim league. He sought to know whether it was Muslim league when Congress promised to offer 30 lakh jobs to youths, minimum support price to farmers etc.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The general elections in Karnataka, covering 28 constituencies, are scheduled to be held in two phases on April 26 and May 7.
The general election for the 18 Lok Sabha in West Bengal will be held in all 7 phases. The polling for the second phase will take place on 26 April. The result will be declared on 4 June.
The Bharatiya Janata Party is hoping for a hat-trick clean sweep in the Lok Sabha elections, in 2014, the BJP won all 25 seats in the state and in 2019, the saffron party won 24 seats and its ally one.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE updates: In the first phase of Lok Sabha polling across 102 constituencies across 21 states, an aggregate 62. 37 voter turnout was recorded on Friday. The next polling date is April 26. Meanwhile, the politicians intensified their attacks against rivals to woo voters.
The Union Home Minister Amit Shah was accompanied by Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel. He submitted the nomination papers to Gandhinagar collector and district election officer in the state capital.
Union Minister Amit Shah, who is the sitting MP from Gujarat's Gandhinagar, will file his nomination from the seat for one more time on Friday. Polling in Gujarat is set to take place in the third phase on May 7.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) scheduled the Lok Sabha polls in seven which will begin from April 19. While the ruling NDA is eyeing to retain power under PM Modi's leadership, the I.N.D.I.A bloc is hoping for wresting power from the BJP-led alliance.
Polling in Rajasthan will be held in two phases -- on April 19 and April 26. Jaipur is among the 12 Lok Sabha seats in the state where polling will be held in the first phase on April 19.
At least 219 people were killed after ethnic clashes broke out in Manipur on May 3 last year, when a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ was organised in the hill districts to protest against the Meitei community’s demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.
The elections to the Tripura West Lok Sabha constituency and the by-poll to the Ramnagar Assembly segment will be held on April 19, while voting for the Tripura East parliamentary constituency will be held on April 26.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) scheduled the Lok Sabha polls in seven which will begin from April 19. While the ruling NDA is eyeing to retain power under PM Modi's leadership, the I.N.D.I.A bloc is hoping for wresting power from the BJP-led alliance.
With Lok Sabha polls around the corner, election activity across the country and among political parties have intensified. Ahead of the 7-phase elections, parties are announcing candidates, while leaders continue to switch between different political camps to strengthen their chances.
Amit Shah was scheduled to visit Noida on Saturday evening to campaign for BJP candidate Mahesh Sharma, however, due to bad weather in the city, he had to cancel his visit.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah gears up for a rally in Noida's Shivalik Park, supporting BJP's Dr. Mahesh Sharma with over 10,000 attendees expected. Traffic routes diverted as Noida braces for the high-profile event.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh also recalled the sacrifices made by the people at Jallianwala Bagh.
DCP said that given the program of Home Minister Amit Shah, 800 policemen have been deployed for security and drone cameras are in place to oversee any miscreants' movements.
Lok Sabha elections 2024: The Lok Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh will be conducted in four phases. The first phase of polling would be held on April 19, followed by April 26, May 7 and May 13.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: In West Bengal, the BJP secured 18 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections. Except for Darjeeling and Asansol, the party won 16 seats for the first time in the state Similarly, the party won 3 seats each for the first time in Karnataka, Odisha and Haryana.
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