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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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Ishrat Jahan encounter: Vanzara said he got clearance from Modi, Amit Shah, says DSP

Politics | Jul 05, 2013, 09:05 AM IST

Ahmedabad, July 5: DSP  Crime Branch D H Goswami has told a magisrate that he heard  DIG crime branch D G Vanzara telling his junior officer G L Singhal that he had got permission from

people will punish corrupt congress in 2014 amit shah

People will punish corrupt Congress in 2014: Amit Shah

Politics | Jun 14, 2013, 07:35 AM IST

Lucknow, June 14: Launching a scathing attack on the Congress for its "corruption", BJP general secretary and in charge of Uttar Pradesh Amit Shah Thursday warned that the people of the country would punish it

bjp s good times to begin from up says amit shah

BJP's good times to begin from UP, says Amit Shah

Politics | Jun 13, 2013, 07:42 AM IST

Lucknow, June 13: BJP general secretary Amit Shah Wednesday said good times for his party would begin from Uttar Pradesh and a National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government would be formed after the 2014 general polls.He

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Amit Shah to begin UP innings June 12

Politics | Jun 06, 2013, 05:15 PM IST

Lucknow, June 6: Amit Shah, a close aide of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and national general secretary of the BJP, will begin his innings as party in-charge of Uttar Pradesh June 12.Sources in the

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Amit Shah's elevation means Narendra Modi is on his way to become the PM candidate

Politics | May 23, 2013, 11:50 AM IST

New Delhi, May 23: The recent developments in BJP have left nothing to doubt so far as Modi's PM candidature is concerned. It seems the central leadership has finally bowed to the immense pressure that

modi did not recommend amit shah for up says rajnath

Modi did not recommend Amit Shah for UP, says Rajnath

Politics | May 20, 2013, 10:21 PM IST

New Delhi, May 20: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh Monday defended the decision to hand over charge of party affairs in Uttar Pradesh to Narendra Modi's close aide Amit Shah but stressed that

bjp appoints amit shah as incharge of up

BJP appoints Amit Shah as incharge of UP

India | May 20, 2013, 06:51 AM IST

New Delhi, May 20: The BJP yesterday appointed party general secretary Amit Shah, considered close to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, as incharge of electorally crucuial Uttar Pradesh.The announcement of incharge of states along with

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BJP appoints Modi's confidante Amit Shah as UP in-charge

Politics | May 19, 2013, 11:13 PM IST

New Delhi, May 19:  Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's close confidant and BJP General Secretary Amit Shah was today appointed in charge of politically crucial Uttar Pradesh.In a list of state in-charges, convenors and in

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UPA should declare its PM candidate first: BJP

Politics | May 18, 2013, 09:02 AM IST

Jammu, May 18: BJP on Friday said, the Congress-led UPA should declare its Prime Ministerial candidate first and whether Rahul Gandhi is a stakeholder for the top job or not.While insisting that BJP Parliamentary Board

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Will come out clean in Sohrabuddhin case: Amit Shah

Politics | May 06, 2013, 10:55 AM IST

Raipur, May 6: BJP leader and former Gujarat home minister Amit Shah, an accused in the Sohrabuddhin Sheikh staged shootout case, Sunday said he had been falsely implicated as a result of political vendetta.Shah, who

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SC grants relief to Amit Shah in Prajapati murder case

Politics | Apr 08, 2013, 07:19 PM IST

New Delhi, Apr 8: In a breather to BJP General Secretary Amit Shah, the Supreme Court today restrained CBI from conducting a separate trial against him in the Tulsiram Prajapati murder case and said it

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SC reserves verdict on Amit Shah's plea

Politics | Mar 06, 2013, 10:33 PM IST

New Delhi, March 6: The Supreme Court Wednesday reserved its verdict on a petition by Gujarat's former minister of state for home Amit Shah challenging the filing of a separate chargesheet by the CBI in

amit shah wins from naranpura in ahmedabad

Amit Shah wins from Naranpura in Ahmedabad

Politics | Dec 20, 2012, 05:31 PM IST

Ahmedabad, Dec 20: Amit Shah, former Gujarat minister of state for home and an accused in the Soharabuddin Sheikh and Tulsi Prajapati staged shootout cases, won from his constituency, officials said.Shah, who contested from Naranpura

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Gujarat elections: Amit Shah among 89 candidates in BJP's 3rd list

Politics | Nov 29, 2012, 01:05 PM IST

New Delhi, Nov 29: Former Gujarat Minister of State for Home Amit Shah, facing charges in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case, has been fielded by BJP from the Naranpura Assembly seat in the forthcoming elections

cbi files chargesheet names amit shah in tulsi encounter

CBI files chargesheet, names Amit Shah in Tulsi encounter case

Politics | Sep 29, 2012, 06:06 PM IST

Ahmedabad, Sep 29: The CBI today filed a charge sheet in a special court here in the 2006 Tulsi Prajapati fake encounter case in which former Minister of State for Home and Chief Minister Narendra

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Amit Shah not guilty in Sohrabuddin case: BJP

Politics | Sep 27, 2012, 01:35 PM IST

New Delhi, Sep 27: Stating that he was not guilty, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday expressed happiness that the Supreme Court had allowed former Gujarat minister Amit Shah, accused in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh

sohrabuddin case shifted to mumbai

Sohrabuddin case shifted to Mumbai

India | Sep 27, 2012, 01:55 PM IST

New Delhi, Sep 27: The Supreme Court Thursday moved the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh shootout case to Mumbai and also lifted its order restraining former Gujarat minister for state of home Amit Shah, an accused in

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PM's Remarks On Amit Shah Biggest Joke Of 2011, Says Modi

India | Feb 17, 2011, 05:49 PM IST

Gandhinagar, Feb 17: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying his remark on Amit Shah was the "biggest joke of 2011"."Prime Minister tried to associate Gujarat

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CBI Charges Amit Shah Of Running Extortion Racket

India | Nov 26, 2010, 08:12 AM IST

New Delhi, Nov 25: The CBI told the Supreme Court on Thursday through a supplementary chargesheet details of an extortion racket allegedly headed by Amit Shah, former Gujarat Home Minister, and run in close understanding

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Sohrabuddin Case: Shah Reaches Mumbai Following SC Order

India | Oct 31, 2010, 09:38 PM IST

 Mumbai, Oct 31 (PTI) Former Gujarat Minister Amit Shah landed in Mumbai today, a day after he was ordered by the Supreme Court to be out of his home state till the time it hears

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