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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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Amit Shah slams Kharge on his 'Kashmir' remark, says 'it reflects Italian culture of Congress'

India | Apr 07, 2024, 07:55 AM IST

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, while referring PM Modi's speech at Rajasthan rally in which he mentioned the abrogation of Article 370, mistakenly called 'Article 371' and said it was not the issue of Rajasthan but Jammu and Kashmir.

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Lok Sabha elections 2024: Amit Shah to hold road shows, public meeting in Tamil Nadu from tomorrow

Apr 03, 2024, 05:11 PM IST

Lok Sabha elections 2024: All 39 seats of Tamil Nadu will vote in the first phase of the general elections on April 19 and the counting of votes has been scheduled for June 4.

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FACT CHECK: Amit Shah's remarks on Mukhtar Ansari's freedom circulate as current| Here's the truth

Apr 03, 2024, 02:57 PM IST

India TV’s Fact Check team confirmed the video’s earlier context, highlighting the importance of verifying information before sharing it online. The incident underscores the prevalence of misinformation and the need for responsible engagement on social media platforms.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 HIGHLIGHTS: EC reviews poll preparedness in Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh

India | Apr 02, 2024, 11:35 PM IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Congress has released a list of 40 star campaigners from Chhattisgarh, including Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Meanwhile, the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) on Tuesday released the third list of five candidates from Maharashtra.

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Lok Sabha elections: Rahul Gandhi has no right to talk about democracy, says Amit Shah in Rajasthan

Apr 01, 2024, 03:43 PM IST

Lok Sabha elections in Rajasthan will be held in two phases on April 19 and 26, and Sikar is among 12 seats where elections will be held in the first phase on April 19.

FACT CHECK

FACT CHECK: Alleged 'savage' courtroom exchange between Delhi CM Kejriwal and ASG Raju proven fake

Apr 01, 2024, 02:58 PM IST

The viral quote, suggesting Kejriwal questioning ASG Raju about arresting PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, was found to be fabricated. Investigative efforts revealed no such exchange during Kejriwal’s recent court appearance related to the ED’s probe into the liquor policy case.

Shah also greeted people and waved at them during the

Rajasthan: Amit Shah holds road show in Sikar ahead of Lok Sabha polls

Mar 31, 2024, 08:30 PM IST

The roadshow began from Shree Kalyan temple and passed through New Dujod Gate, Ghantaghar, Jat Bazaar and culminated at Tapriya Bagichi, covering a distance of around two kilometres in over an hour.

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Centre to consider revoking AFSPA, plans to pull back troops from Jammu and Kashmir: Amit Shah

India | Mar 27, 2024, 09:43 AM IST

Home Minister Amit Shah said in the last five years, not a single fake encounter has taken place in Jammu-Kashmir. Rather the FIRs have been lodged against the people involved in fake encounters, he added.

Lok Sabha Elections

Gandhinagar Lok Sabha Election 2024: Can Congress' Sonal Patel challenge Amit Shah in BJP's bastion?

Apr 18, 2024, 01:24 PM IST

Hot seats in Lok Sabha Elections 2024: For the high-profile Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency, the Congress has chosen Sonal Patel to taken on Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who has been renominated by the BJP for a second term.

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PM Modi, BJP's top brass meet in Delhi to pick candidates on remaining seats for Lok Sabha polls

India | Mar 24, 2024, 12:55 AM IST

BJP's top brass including PM Modi, Amit Shah, JP Nadda, Rajnath Singh, Yogi Adityanath among others met on Saturday to pick candidates for remaining seats in various states.

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CAA: Modi govt launches helpline number to assist applicants for Indian citizenship

India | Mar 21, 2024, 07:24 PM IST

A new helpline number, 1032, has been introduced to assist applicants of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) 2019, providing free guidance and support throughout the day.

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Amit Shah takes a jibe at Rahul Gandhi on electoral bonds, says, 'from where he got hafta vasooli'

India | Mar 21, 2024, 10:06 AM IST

Amit Shah on electoral bonds: The Electoral Bond Scheme was a way for political parties in India to get money without revealing the donor's identity. But, the Supreme Court, in a ruling in February, struck down the Centre's Electoral Bond Scheme and ordered the SBI to stop issuing Electoral Bonds.

FACT CHECK

FACT CHECK: Did the Chief Election Commissioner dodge a question on PM Modi? Here's the truth

Mar 20, 2024, 11:56 PM IST

A video circulating online claims Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar dodged a question about alleged Model Code of Conduct violations by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah. The video, cropped from a press conference on March 16, 2024, suggests Kumar avoided addressing the

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BJP trying to 'steal' a Thackeray: Uddhav after MNS chief meets Amit Shah

Mar 20, 2024, 06:59 AM IST

MNS chief Raj Thackeray met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the national capital over seat-sharing in the Lok Sabha elections 2024. Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra will take place in first five phases on April 19, April 26, May 7, May 13 and May 20.

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Why is BJP trying to woo Raj Thackeray's MNS in Maharashtra ahead of Lok Sabha Elections 2024?

Mar 20, 2024, 07:29 PM IST

Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra will take place in first five phases on April 19, April 26, May 7, May 13 and May 20. The results of the general elections will be out on June 4.

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Aaj Ki Baat: Full episode, March 19, 2024

India | Mar 19, 2024, 11:09 PM IST

India's number one and most followed Super Prime Time News Show, ‘Aaj Ki Baat-Rajat Sharma Ke Saath' was launched just before the 2014 general elections.

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Lok Sabha elections 2024: Raj Thackeray meets Amit Shah in Delhi over seat-sharing in Maharashtra

India | Mar 19, 2024, 01:34 PM IST

Raj Thackeray called on Amit Shah in Delhi over seat-sharing in Lok Sabha elections 2024.

Lok Sabha elections 2024, key constituencies

Lok Sabha polls 2024: When will Varanasi, Wayanad and Lucknow vote? Know poll dates of all VIP seats

India | Mar 16, 2024, 10:15 PM IST

The upcoming Lok Sabha elections will be held in seven phases, beginning from April 19 till June 1 and the results will be announced on June 4. With the announcement, the Model Code of Conduct has now officially come into effect.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah

CAA will never be rolled back, law does not violate Constitution: Amit Shah slams Opposition

India | Mar 14, 2024, 09:41 AM IST

Dismissing the criticism that the "CAA is unconstitutional", Home Minister Amit Shah said that the law does not violate the constitutional provisions.

Home Minister Amit Shah posted the 39 page notification on

OPINION | NO NEED TO PANIC OVER CAA

India | Mar 12, 2024, 05:41 PM IST

Soon after the rules were notified, several Muslim organisations protested, with AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi describing it as a poll gimmick.

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