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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: 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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Amit Shah rally will be victory of masses: BJP

Politics | Nov 28, 2014, 08:16 PM IST

Kolkata:  The BJP today claimed that the ruling Trinamool Congress had tried hard to stop its November 30 rally which is scheduled to be addressed by the party's national president Amit Shah, but the High

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BJP to move Calcutta HC against denial of permission for Amit Shah's rally

Politics | Nov 28, 2014, 10:54 AM IST

Kolkata: Two days after BJP President Amit Shah was denied permission to hold rally outside Victoria Hall, the party will today approach Calcutta High Court seeking permission for the same.On Wednesday both the city corporation

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BJP adamant on holding Amit Shah Kolkata rally

Politics | Nov 28, 2014, 10:25 AM IST

Kolkata: Notwithstanding the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and the fire department denying permissions, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday said it will go ahead with the proposed November 30 city rally of its national

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BJP to restart talks with Sena from tomorrow, says Fadnavis

Politics | Nov 27, 2014, 04:39 PM IST

Mumbai: Notwithstanding the recent bickering between the former allies, the BJP today announced that it will start afresh talks with Shiv Sena on the issue of the latter's joining the four-week-old government in Maharashtra.  “From

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Jharkhand Polls: Modi's poll rally in the state tomorrow

Politics | Nov 24, 2014, 05:52 PM IST

Jamshedpur: BJP is leaving no stone unturned in poll-bound Jharkhand and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address two election rallies withing a week.  The first election rally at Chaibasa in West Singhbhum district would hold

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Jharkhnad Polls: Amit Shah cautions against Congress-RJD-JD(U) alliance in Jharkhand

Politics | Nov 24, 2014, 06:18 PM IST

Adityapur (Jharkhand): BJP President Amit Shah today charged Congress with promoting corruption in the Jharkhand and also in the country and urged voters to be cautious against the “unholy” alliance of Congress-RJD-JD(U).“A scam of Rs

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Sena would be accommodated in Cabinet expansion: BJP Minister

Politics | Nov 23, 2014, 07:22 AM IST

Mumbai: BJP leader and Maharashtra PWD Minister Chandrakant Patil said the estranged ally Shiv Sena "will be accommodated" in the Cabinet expansion before the winter session of the Assembly starts on December 8.The Sena, on

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CBI arrests 3 CPI-M activists in RSS leader murder case

Politics | Nov 21, 2014, 07:28 AM IST

Kannur: CBI today arrested three CPI-M activists in connection with the September 1 murder of RSS leader E Manoj in the district, official sources said.This is the first arrest after CBI took over the case

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J&K Polls: BJP chief promises probe into 'embezzling' of funds

Politics | Nov 20, 2014, 04:52 PM IST

Ramban (JK): Alleging misappropriation of central funds meant for development in Jammu and Kashmir, BJP chief Amit Shah today promised that a probe will be carried out and the guilty punished if his party comes

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