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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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Adipurush Row: AICWA writes to Amit Shah demanding FIR against Om Raut, Manoj Muntashir & others

Jun 24, 2023, 04:20 PM IST

Adipurush Row: All India Cine Workers Association President Suresh ShyamLal Gupta wrote a letter to Home Minister Amit Shah accusing the makers of Adipurush of tarnishing the image of Lord Ram and Ramayana.

Amit Shah, Manipur violence,

Manipur violence: 'Efforts being made to restore peace on PM Modi's instructions,' says Amit Shah

India | Jun 24, 2023, 09:47 PM IST

Manipur violence: Violence gripped Manipur on May 3 after clashes erupted during a rally organised by the All Tribals Students Union to protest the demand for the inclusion of Meiteis in the Scheduled Tribe list.

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Amit Shah chairs security review meet in J-K ahead of Amarnath Yatra

India | Jun 23, 2023, 11:56 PM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who is on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, reviewed the security situation in the Union Territory ahead of the Amarnath Yatra.

Amit Shah during a public rally in Jammu

'Photo session underway': Amit Shah takes a jibe at opposition leaders' meeting in Patna

India | Jun 23, 2023, 02:18 PM IST

Stressing that the BJP government needs to be re-elected in 2024 LS polls, he further said that the Modi government cannot be accused of a single corruption case whereas Congress was involved in corruption of Rs 12 lakh crore

146th Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath in Ahmedabad

Gujarat: Jagannath Yatra held in Ahmedabad; HM Amit Shah, CM Patel offer prayers- WATCH

Jun 20, 2023, 09:26 AM IST

Jagannath Yatra 2023: The route from where the Rath Yatra will pass has been flooded with lakhs of devotees. The Gujarat Police for the first time in the Rath Yatra used 3D mapping technology to monitor the entire route.

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Mani​pur: Soldier sustains gunshot wounds in unprovoked firing as situation remains tense

India | Jun 19, 2023, 01:42 PM IST

As the situation remains tense in Manipur, an Indian Army soldier was injured in an unprovoked firing incident in the violence-hit state on Sunday, following which he was shifted to a military hospital.

Home Minister Amit Shah

'Manmohan Singh govt stayed mum when Pakistan...': Amit Shah

India | Jun 18, 2023, 08:18 PM IST

Home Minister Amit Shah slammed the Congress party saying that during its government at the Centre, it remained mum against Pakistan but under Modi government, surgical and air strikes were carried out.

Amit Shah, Punjab, Bhagwant Mann

'Punjab CM only takes Kejriwal on nationwide tour': Amit Shah slams Bhagwant Mann over law and order

India | Jun 18, 2023, 06:31 PM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday slammed Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann over the law and order situation and said that he has no time for the state as he is busy taking Arvind Kejriwal on a 'nationwide tour'.

Cyclone Biparjoy, Amit Shah

Cyclone Biparjoy: Amit Shah hails teamwork; says no loss of lives due to storm

India | Jun 18, 2023, 06:13 AM IST

Amit Shah during Gujarat visit said that nobody died due to cyclone Biparjoy which made landfall with wind speed of 140 kmph.

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Cyclone Biparjoy: Amit Shah conducts aerial survey of affected areas in Gujarat | VIDEO

India | Jun 17, 2023, 02:50 PM IST

Amit Shah in Gujarat: Home Minister visited Mandvi Civil Hospital and met the people admitted there.

Manipur violence

Manipur violence: Ex-Army officer compares northeastern state situation with war-hit Lebanon, Syria

India | Jun 17, 2023, 12:00 AM IST

Clashes first broke out on May 3 after a 'Tribal Solidarity March' was organised in the hill districts to protest against the Meitei community's demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status. More than 100 people have lost their lives in the ethnic violence.

Police personnel keep a vigil during a clash between

Bengal Panchayat elections: BJP seeks Amit Shah's intervention to improve security situation

Jun 16, 2023, 05:27 PM IST

Bengal Panchayat elections: At least three people died after supporters of Trinamool Congress and BJP clashed when they were on their way to file nominations for the panchayat polls.

Cyclone Biparjoy updates, Amit Shah

Cyclone Biparjoy: Over 30,000 people evacuated, Amit Shah chairs review meeting | DETAILS

India | Jun 14, 2023, 06:21 AM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah asked the Gujarat government to ensure that all necessary services, including electricity, telecommunication, health care, and drinking water, would be provided during a virtual meeting to assess the state of cyclone preparedness.

Disaster management schemes

Amit Shah announces 3 major disaster management schemes worth Rs 8000 crore | CHECK HERE

India | Jun 13, 2023, 05:47 PM IST

Disaster management schemes: The schemes were announced after a meeting which was chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah with the disaster management departments of States and Union Territories at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.

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Manipur: Nine injured after fresh violence erupts as Kukis express dismay over proposed peace plan

India | Jun 13, 2023, 01:54 PM IST

Meanwhile, Kuki members included in a committee set up by the Centre to facilitate the peace-making process among various ethnic groups of strife-torn Manipur expressed unhappiness.

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India | Jun 12, 2023, 11:39 PM IST

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Shah in Vellore

On MK Stalin's challenge, Amit Shah lists Centre's work for Tamil Nadu, now seeks CM's reply | WATCH

Jun 12, 2023, 06:07 AM IST

An intense war of words continues between CM Stalin and Home Minister Amit Shah. It was first stated when Stalin asked Shah to list projects done by the Centre for Tamil Nadu, later Shah today highlighted the list of projects in Vellore.

Sanjay Raut, Amit Shah

'BJP is scared of Uddhav Thackeray': Sanjay Raut reacts to Amit Shah’s Nanded speech

Jun 11, 2023, 02:38 PM IST

Shah called Thackeray's joining hands with the Nationalist Congress Party and Congress to form the Maha Vikas Aghadi government as betrayal for the sake of power.

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'Thackeray sat in Congress-NCP's lap,': Amit Shah takes a jibe at Uddhav, Rahul Gandhi in Nanded

Jun 10, 2023, 10:39 PM IST

Amit Shah said that the BJP didn't overthrow the Thackeray-led MVA government last year; rather, it was Shiv Sainiks who were fed up with Thackeray's policies and weren't ready to join the NCP led by Sharad Pawar at a rally in Nanded as part of the BJP's outreach campaign to mark the end of the Nare

Union Home Minister Amit Shah addresses a rally in Gujarat

Amit Shah addresses public meetings in Gujarat to mark 9 years of Modi government | WATCH

India | Jun 10, 2023, 09:59 PM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to address meetings at Patan in Gujarat and at Nanded in Maharashtra today, June 10.

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