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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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Jagat Prakash Nadda, a master strategist gets his reward

Politics | Nov 09, 2014, 04:38 PM IST

New Delhi: A master-strategist and a trusted lieutenant of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well as BJP President Amit Shah, Jagat Prakash Nadda's entry into the Government is a vindication of his efficiency and dependability

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BJP looking to emerge as a potent alternative in Andhra Pradesh by 2019

Politics | Nov 07, 2014, 04:23 PM IST

Hyderabad: Elections in Andhra Pradesh are far away but BJP president Amit Shah is said to be meticulously getting a political plan executed to make the saffron party a formidable force in the state by

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Delhi: PM Modi, Amit Shah in favour of fresh polls

Politics | Nov 04, 2014, 09:07 AM IST

New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah are also in favor of seeking a fresh mandate than trying to forma govt in Delhi. In the recent assembly elections, with BJP's government at

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Talks with BJP will continue, says Shiv Sena

Politics | Nov 01, 2014, 08:26 PM IST

Mumbai:  As the uncertainty over whether former ally Shiv Sena would join the BJP government in Maharashtra persists, the Uddhav Thackeray-led party today said it was confident that “the talks between the two parties will

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Narendra Modi to launch BJP's online membership drive today

Politics | Nov 01, 2014, 06:44 AM IST

Bhopal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today launch the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s massive membership drive with a target to increase its strength.Party chief Amit Shah had on Friday said, “As per the BJP's constitution,

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Fadnavis meets PM, Amit Shah

Politics | Oct 30, 2014, 11:52 PM IST

New Delhi:  Maharashtra chief minister- designate Devendra Fadnavis today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president Amit Shah ahead of his taking over the top post in the state tomorrow.The leader of the Maharashtra

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MP BJP to hold party workers' meet today

Politics | Oct 30, 2014, 09:03 AM IST

Bhopal: Ahead of the upcoming civic body polls in Madhya Pradesh, the ruling BJP in the state has organised a two-day conference of local party leaders that is to begin from today.The meeting will be

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Amit Shah urges people to join Clean India Clean Ganga mission

Politics | Oct 29, 2014, 08:53 PM IST

Ahmedabad: Reaching out to the people of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, BJP National President Amit Shah urged them to join Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ‘Swaccha Bharat Abhiyan' and ‘Clean Ganga Mission'. “Our Prime Minister has taken

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3-member BJP team to visit WB following attacks on its workers

Politics | Oct 29, 2014, 05:03 PM IST

New Delhi: In the wake of increased attacks on BJP workers in West Bengal's Birbhum district allegedly by TMC workers, BJP President Amit Shah today set up a three-member fact-finding team which will visit the

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Devendra Fadnavis: From 'Nagpur Mayor' to 'Maharashtra CM'

Politics | Nov 07, 2014, 10:44 AM IST

Mumbai: From an obscure corporator to becoming the youngest mayor of Nagpur, to the first BJP chief minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis's climb up the political ladder has been steady.In a state dominated by Maratha

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BJP appears undecided on taking shot at power in Delhi

Politics | Oct 28, 2014, 07:37 PM IST

New Delhi: Even as the Supreme Court put the issue on a fast forward mode, BJP today appeared undecided on taking a shot at power in Delhi and may prefer fresh polls early next year.However,

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PM congratulates Khattar on taking oath as Haryana CM

Politics | Oct 26, 2014, 05:31 PM IST

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today congratulated BJP's first Chief Minister of Haryana Manohar Lal Khattar and expressed hope that he and his team will lead the state to new heights in the coming

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In Pics: Narendra Modi meets journalists

Politics | Oct 29, 2014, 10:16 AM IST

New Delhi: Reaching out to the media with which he has had a lukewarm relationship, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had some good words for the press today, promising to find a way to interact with

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'Sentiment' in BJP against forming coalition government

Politics | Oct 25, 2014, 11:20 PM IST

Mumbai: As back channel talks continued between Shiv Sena and BJP to explore the possibility of a coalition government in Maharashtra, there were strong indications today that the latter may form a government on its

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PM Narendra Modi arrives BJP office for 'Diwali milan'

Politics | Oct 25, 2014, 12:07 PM IST

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived 9, Ashoka Road, adjoining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s headquarters office in central Delhi, on the invitation of party chief Amit Shah to attend the ‘Diwali milan'.Modi

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Journalists, BJP leaders start arriving BJP office for 'Diwali milan'

Politics | Oct 25, 2014, 11:48 AM IST

New Delhi: Scores of senior journalists and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are arriving 9, Ashoka Road, adjoining the party's headquarters office in central Delhi, on the invitation of Amit Shah to attend the ‘Diwali milan'.Senior

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'Modi's charisma, Amit Shah's strategy land Haryana to BJP'

Politics | Oct 23, 2014, 08:57 AM IST

Indore: The BJP in-charge for recently held Haryana Assembly elections, Kailash Vijaywargiya has said that synergy of “charisma” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and perfect strategy employed by party president Amit Shah reaped bumper harvest

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BJP hints preference for 'natural ally' Shiv Sena in Maharashtra

Politics | Oct 21, 2014, 11:12 PM IST

New Delhi:  Describing the Shiv Sena as a “natural ally”, the BJP on Tuesday dropped hints that it would prefer the estranged saffron party to be a partner in its government in Maharashtra even while

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Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari discuss further strategy for govt formation

Politics | Oct 20, 2014, 08:03 PM IST

New Delhi: After their victory in Assembly polls in Haryana and Maharashtra, BJP today moved forward towards government formation in both states with party chief Amit Shah holding parleys with Union Minister Nitin Gadkari for

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Uddhav Thackeray congratulates PM, Amit Shah on polls victory

Politics | Oct 19, 2014, 11:50 PM IST

New Delhi: Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, who parted company with BJP before elections, today congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah on their party's success in Maharashtra and Haryana.BJP sources said

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