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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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K Annamalai slams CM MK Stalin on Hindi row

'MK Stalin does not know Hindi or English that's why...': BJP's K Annamalai on language row

Aug 06, 2023, 06:54 AM IST

Language is a politically very sensitive issue in Tamil Nadu. The state often saw a political stir over Hindi. The regional parties allege the BJP of Hindi imposition in the state.

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Gujarat: BJP leader Pradipsinh Vaghela steps down as state general secretary

Aug 05, 2023, 01:06 PM IST

Pradipsinh Vaghela was designated as the general secretary of the state BJP on August 10, 2016.

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Amit Shah Odisha visit: Home Minister lays foundation stone of development projects in Kalahandi

India | Aug 05, 2023, 12:34 PM IST

Amit Shah Odisha visit: The home minister is also scheduled to attend a meeting at the airport lounge before leaving for Delhi on Saturday evening, officials said, without specifying who would be present in it.

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Amit Shah to visit Odisha today amid BJD's support to Delhi Services Bill

India | Aug 04, 2023, 11:45 AM IST

Amit Shah will visit Odisha today amid the BJD's support to the BJP in the Parliament over the Delhi Services Bill. Shah is slated to attend a number of meetings including on left-wing extremism.

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Amit Shah tears into Opposition alliance: 'It will be broken after passage of Delhi Services Bill'

India | Aug 04, 2023, 06:08 AM IST

Delhi is not a state but a Union Territory and the Parliament has the right to make laws for it, said Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Lok Sabha.

Amit Shah addressing Lok Sabha during Delhi Services Bill

Delhi Services Bill passed in Lok Sabha amid Opposition walkout, next showdown in Rajya Sabha

India | Aug 04, 2023, 06:07 AM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah spoke on the Bill at a stretch. Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury also spoke on the Bill and hit back at the government during the discussion.

Amit Shah in Lok Sabha

Amit Shah attacks I.N.D.I.A. bloc on services bill: 'Think about Delhi, not alliance'

India | Aug 03, 2023, 04:52 PM IST

The Union government had tabled the contentious bill in Lok Sabha to replace the Delhi services ordinance. The Opposition termed it a "murder of democracy", evoking a sharp retort of "politically motivated" jibe from Amit Shah.

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NCB busts two international drug cartels operating through darknet, 22 arrested | DETAILS

India | Aug 02, 2023, 09:58 AM IST

The two major Indian LSD cartels on darknet are busted by NCB within 3 months. In this matter, total 6 cases have been registered by NCB, Delhi Zonal Unit and 22 people, involved in import of Drugs and its pan-India distribution, have been arrested.

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Modi govt introduces Delhi Services Bill in Lok Sabha, AAP calls it an 'illegal piece of paper'

Aug 01, 2023, 03:36 PM IST

The government introduced the Delhi Services Bill in Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Amit Shah said that the Supreme Court has clarified that Parliament can bring any law regarding Delhi. AAP hit back at the BJP and termed the Bill "undemocratic".

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India | Aug 07, 2023, 06:17 AM IST

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Test for Oppn's unity as Amit Shah to introduce Delhi services amendment bill in Lok Sabha today

Aug 01, 2023, 06:10 AM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will introduce The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023 in Lok Sabha on Tuesday.

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'Amit Shah had to visit MP ahead of polls as...': Digvijaya Singh takes a dig at Home Minister

Aug 18, 2023, 06:36 PM IST

Amit Shah Indore visit: The Congress's Rajya Sabha member, who was the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh between 1993 and 2003, said Shah's extensive activity in the state proves how inefficiently BJP chief ministers have run the state during the last 20 years.

Amit Shah in Indore

PM Modi known as messiah of poor, Congress did nothing for 70 years: Amit Shah

Aug 18, 2023, 06:38 PM IST

Madhya Pradesh: Ahead of the assembly election in the state, Amit Shah visited Indore on Sunday and lambasted the Congress government for doing nothing for the poor of the country.

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I am Hindu but not a fool: Kamal Nath ahead of Amit Shah's visit to poll-bound MP

Aug 18, 2023, 06:43 PM IST

According to a BJP functionary, at least 50,000 BJP party workers from the tribal-dominated Indore division are expected to attend 'Vijay Sankalp Sammelan' in Shah's presence.

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Madhya Pradesh: BJP gears up for Assembly polls, announces election management committee

Aug 18, 2023, 06:45 PM IST

The BJP has announced its election management committee in Madhya Pradesh ahead of the Assembly polls slated later this year. Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit the state on Sunday.

Amit Shah launches En Mann, En Makkal yatra in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu: Amit Shah slams Opposition alliance I.N.D.I.A, says nothing will happen by change in nam

Jul 28, 2023, 11:19 PM IST

Hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his Tamil pitch, Shah said that he honoured Tamil culture by installing the 'sengol' in the new parliament building.

Shah slams DMK government at the BJP rally

Tamil Nadu: Amit Shah flags off BJP's 'En Mann En Makkal Yatra' from Rameswaram | WATCH

Jul 28, 2023, 09:35 PM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah while flagging off K Annamalai's padayatra, took a jibe at the opposition's coalition saying 'naam badalane se kuchh nahi hota' (Name changing will not work).

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Tamil Nadu: Amit Shah to launch 'En Mann, En Makkal' Padayatra on July 28 ahead of Lok Sabha polls

Jul 27, 2023, 04:18 PM IST

Amit Shah in Tamil Nadu: The poll campaign, which will cover 234 assembly constituencies in the state, will be launched by the party's senior national leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah at the temple town of Rameswaram on Friday (July 28).

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India | Jul 27, 2023, 11:56 PM IST

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Mallikarjuna Kharge writes back to Amit Shah

'Words and government's actions contrary to each other', Mallikarjun Kharge writes back to Amit Shah

India | Jul 26, 2023, 11:50 PM IST

Kharge said he is writing to Shah on the same day the prime minister equated the opposition parties with British rulers and terrorist groups.

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