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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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Home Minister Amit Shah along with other BJP MPs in Rajya

'Delhi is different because...': Amit Shah's reply in Rajya Sabha on Services Bill | 10 Points

India | Aug 07, 2023, 11:44 PM IST

Home Minister Amit Shah said in Rajya Sabha that the bill to replace an ordinance for handling the transfers and postings of officials in the Delhi government has been brought to safeguard the rights of the people and not to usurp the power of the AAP government.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah

'Kejriwal will quit Opposition's I.N.D.I.A bloc once...': Amit Shah's dig at Congress

India | Aug 08, 2023, 06:21 AM IST

Home Minister Amit Shah took a swipe at the Congress party saying that Arvind Kejriwal will quit the I.N.D.I.A bloc once the Rajya Sabha passes the Delhi Services Bill.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah

Delhi Services Bill: Modi govt clears Rajya Sabha hurdle, defeats Opposition bloc by 131-102 votes

India | Aug 08, 2023, 06:21 AM IST

There were 131 votes put in favour of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023 while 102 votes were registered against the Bill.

BJP Rajya Sabha MP Sudhanshu Trivedi

'Delhi me saaf kar diya, aapne inko maaf kar diya': Sudhanshu Trivedi's poetic dig at Congress-AAP

India | Aug 07, 2023, 07:27 PM IST

Sudhanshu Trivedi said that there is no parallel in the world where in a country's national capital, a Central government has fewer powers than the state or UT government.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Maharashtra CM Eknath

Maharashtra: Day after Shah's 'right place' remark, Ajit Pawar says 'no other strong leader like PM'

Aug 07, 2023, 02:52 PM IST

Ajit Pawar said that there is no leader as strong as Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the national level. He stressed that there is no alternative to PM Modi.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Rajya Sabha during

Amit Shah tables Delhi Services Bill in Rajya Sabha, debate begins after frequent adjournments

India | Aug 07, 2023, 03:48 PM IST

Delhi Services Bill: The contentious bill has been made a rallying point by the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party to bring together opposition parties to oppose it in the Rajya Sabha.

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Delhi Services Bill passed in Rajya Sabha; AAP says will fight against it in judiciary | UPDATES

India | Aug 08, 2023, 12:49 AM IST

The Bill on control of transfers, postings of senior officers in Delhi government was passed by Rajya Sabha with 131 votes in favour and 102 against despite a strong fight by the Opposition during the long discussion in the upper house.

Jayant Patil, Sharad Pawar, NCP

Jayant Patil dismisses reports of his meeting with Amit Shah, hints to stay with Sharad Pawar

Aug 06, 2023, 05:30 PM IST

In the midst of ongoing speculation about another rife within the party, Jayant Patil also made it clear that he is devoted to staying loyal to the party leader, Sharad Pawar.

Amit Shah with Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde, Deputy CM Ajit

Maharashtra: 'You are sitting at right place after a long time', Amit Shah's message for Ajit Pawar

Aug 06, 2023, 02:53 PM IST

Amit Shah, in a message for Ajit Pawar, said that he is sitting at the right place after a long time and that he took a long time to come.

West Bengal

West Bengal: State BJP plans major overhaul ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha polls | DETAILS

Aug 06, 2023, 10:16 AM IST

Darjeeling Lok Sabha is the main exemption where a single Lok Sabha comes under two organisation district committees specifically Darjeeling (plains) and Darjeeling (hills).

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.

Pradipsinh Vaghela

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.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah

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.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah during discussion on Delhi

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.

NCB, Narcotics Control Bureau, Amit Shah, Darknet, ZAMBADA CARTEL, NCB busts two international drug

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.

Amit Shah speaks in Lok Sabha

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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