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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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Ram temple should be constructed at earliest, says VHP chief

India | Sep 25, 2014, 06:31 AM IST

Gorkahpur: VHP leader Ashok Singhal today raked up the issue of construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya at a function here organised to commemorate former BJP MP Mahant Avaidyanath, one of the leading lights of

shiv sena bjp alliance headed for rocky waters amid trust

Shiv Sena-BJP alliance headed for rocky waters amid trust deficit

Politics | Sep 24, 2014, 11:21 PM IST

Mumbai: The 25 years old Shiv Sena-BJP alliance tonight appeared heading for rocky waters, with neither party willing to concede seats, in an indication of the trust deficit ahead of the October 15 Assembly elections

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BJP- Shiv Sena alliance on breakpoint, formal announcement tomorrow

Politics | Sep 22, 2014, 09:51 PM IST

New Delhi: The BJP-Shiv Sena alliance of 25 years has finally broken. But the formal announcement will be done tomorrow. As per sources, both the parties failed to reach to an agreement on the seat

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Maharashtra polls: Amit Shah calls Uddhav Thackeray on seat sharing

Politics | Oct 01, 2014, 03:41 PM IST

New Delhi:  BJP president Amit Shah Monday called Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray and urged him to reconsider his stand on seat sharing in upcoming Maharashtra poll.The two parties, which have been alliance partners for

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Maharashtra: Stalemate continues over seat sharing between BJP-Shiv Sena

Politics | Sep 22, 2014, 07:36 AM IST

New Delhi/Mumbai: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Shiv Sena in Maharashtra are struggling hard to salvage their 25-year-old alliance for the upcoming assembly polls after a tough-talking Uddhav Thackeray refused to yield beyond

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Maha Assembly: Uddhav's final offer for seats; 151 for Sena, 119 for BJP

Politics | Sep 21, 2014, 02:54 PM IST

Mumbai: Shiv Sena today made it clear that it won't make any more concession for BJP, offering to cede it only 119 out of the total 288 seats in Maharashtra Assembly for the next month's

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Why BJP lost? No anti Gandhi anger to harvest

Politics | Sep 20, 2014, 12:46 PM IST

Recent by-election reverses for the BJP are early intimations of mortality for the Narendra Modi-Amit Shah duet. As a senior BJP leader whispered: "They must come down to earth." In other words, a degree of

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BJP, Shiv Sena change tone, trying their best to save alliance

Politics | Sep 19, 2014, 09:40 PM IST

Mumbai: It seems both BJP and Shiv Sena have finally realized that if they have to register victory  in the upcoming assembly elections in Maharashtra then they can't afford to break the 25-year-old alliance.The tone

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Maharashtra polls: BJP 'hijacks' Sena slogan 'Jai Bhavani Jai Shivaji'

Politics | Oct 01, 2014, 03:35 PM IST

Pune: The BJP virtually hijacked Shiv Sena's slogan “Jai Bhavani Jai Shivaji” at the workers' rally addressed here by party president Amit Shah, indicative of a political one-up-manship in the backdrop of an ongoing bitter

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BJP-Shiv Sena alliance of 25 years on verge of collapse

Politics | Sep 19, 2014, 08:13 PM IST

Mumbai: The 25-year-old alliance between the BJP and the Shiv Sena was on the verge of collapse Friday with both parties adopting a tough stance on the issue of seat-sharing for the Oct 15 state

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Uproot Congress-NCP govt in Maharashtra: Amit Shah

Politics | Sep 18, 2014, 11:33 AM IST

Kolhapur: BJP president Amit Shah Thursday gave a clarion call to "uproot the scam-ridden Congress-NCP" government in Maharashtra to ensure the state's return to pride and progress.Launching the party's campaign for the Oct 15 assembly

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If Patel had handled Kashmir, part of it would not have been under Pak: Amit Shah

Politics | Sep 17, 2014, 07:35 PM IST

Bidar (Karna): BJP President Amit Shah today said Pakistan would not have been holding a part of Kashmir and Article 370 would not have existed had Sardar Vallabhai Patel, instead of Jawharlal Nehru, handled the

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Amit Shah: India's credibility crisis has ended with PM Modi

Politics | Sep 17, 2014, 09:32 AM IST

Ahmedabad: India's “credibility crisis” has ended under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi and the country has started earning respect in the world, said BJP president Amit Shah.Shah also expressed hope that India would emerge

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Tendulkar, Helen named for Giants International Awards

India | Sep 16, 2014, 09:03 PM IST

Mumbai: Cricket maestro and Bharat Ratna Sachin Tendulkar and Bollywood danseuse Helen are among this year's Giants International awardees, according to an announcement here Tuesday.Tendulkar will get the award for lifetime achievement in sports while

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PM Narendra Modi arrives in Ahmedabad

Politics | Sep 16, 2014, 03:56 PM IST

Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Ahmedabad Tuesday for his scheduled meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday.On Monday, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah arrived here to a roaring welcome

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Former police officer refused bail in Sohrabuddin case

India | Sep 15, 2014, 10:07 PM IST

Mumbai: The special CBI court here, which is hearing the cases related to police encounter killins of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Tulsiram Prajapati, today rejected the bail application of a former officer of Rajasthan police.Judge B

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'State leadership would decide on continuing talks with Sena'

Politics | Sep 15, 2014, 08:14 PM IST

Mumbai: The state leadership of BJP will take a decision on “continuing alliance talks” with Shiv Sena, Maharashtra BJP spokesperson Madhav Bhandari said today.  Bhandari, who had said yesterday that talks had come to a

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BJP acknowledges Ramdev's countrywide campaign during LS polls

Politics | Sep 14, 2014, 05:43 PM IST

Haridwar: BJP today acknowledged the role played by Ramdev's countrywide campaign launched ahead of the Lok Sabha polls in the formation of Narendra Modi government at the Centre.It also promised him all support in his

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CIC issues show-cause notices to Sonia, Amit Shah

Politics | Sep 14, 2014, 01:18 PM IST

New Delhi: The CIC has issued show-cause notices to BJP President Amit Shah and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi along with the heads of four other political parties asking why an inquiry should not be instituted

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BJP president Amit Shah inaugurates Patanjali Sewa Sadan in Haridwar

Politics | Sep 14, 2014, 12:29 PM IST

Haridwar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah on Sunday inaugurated Patanjali Sewa Sadan in Haridwar at a ceremony organised at Patanjali Yogpeeth Phase II campus.Patanjali Sewa Sadan is a newly built residential complex for

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