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.
Read MoreManipur violence: During the meeting, Union Home Minister Amit Shah was apprised in detail about the current situation in the northeastern state.
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The BJP claimed it would continue to take "Nava Karnataka" on the path of comprehensive socio-economic development, without leaving even a "single Kannadiga" behind.
Karnataka Elections 2023: During the roadshow, people lined up on both sides of the road to greet the Prime Minister who was travelling in a specially-made vehicle on both sides of the road.
Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: BJP leader Amit Shah on Friday while addressing the public at Navalgund Assembly constituency said that the upcoming election in the state is to decide whether the public wants a double-engine government or reverse-gear government.
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The Home Minister's remarks came hours after the Supreme Court directed that the state government's decision of scrapping the quota for Muslims will not be implemented till May 9.
I joined the Congress party because of the disrespect to me, it hurt me. Looking at the treatment by BJP, so many people started joining Congress. It shows BJP diminishing in Karnataka and rising of Congress. As per my analysis, Congress will get a clear majority, said Jagadish Shettar.
Karnataka: Union Minister Amit Shah on Monday visited Karnataka for the upcoming polls in the state and slammed Rahul Gandhi for his "40% commission BJP government in Karnataka" remark.
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Home Minister Shah termed the border agreement as a "historic" event and said it ended decades-long disputes.
2002 Gujarat riots: Eleven persons were killed in communal violence in Naroda Gam area of Ahmedabad city on Feb 28, 2002, during a bandh called to protest the Godhra train burning a day before in which 58 passengers, returning from Ayodhya, were killed.
BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari had claimed that Banerjee had dialled Shah to request him to intervene and restore the Trinamool's national status after the Election Commission revoked national party status.
Home Minister Amit Shah at the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) meeting said, "Modi government has set target to make India drug-free by 2047, its 100th year of independence."
Home Minister Amit Shah had previously said that their government is committed to bringing the UCC in the country but at an appropriate time and after following all democratic procedures.
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