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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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Karnataka Elections 2023: Amit Shah's roadshow in Mangaluru cancelled over security concerns

Elections | Feb 10, 2023, 06:04 PM IST

Karnataka Elections 2023: A local BJP unit has informed the cancellation of the roadshow led by Amit Shah in Mangaluru which was planned for Saturday.

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Shah lays foundation stone of nano urea plant, offers prayers at Baba Baidyanath temple in Jharkhand

India | Feb 04, 2023, 04:16 PM IST

Amit Shah in Jharkhand: "The experience of having a 'darshan' of Lord Bholenath in jyotirlinga Shri Baidyanath Dham located in Deoghar, Jharkhand is unforgettable. Prayed at Babadham today and wished for the prosperity of the country. May Bholenath shower his blessings on everyone," Shah tweeted.

Amit Shah to lay foundation stone of Rs 300-crore nano urea

Amit Shah to lay foundation stone of Rs 300-crore nano urea plant in Jharkhand's Deoghar today

India | Feb 04, 2023, 09:53 AM IST

Amit Shah's Jharkhand visit: As per an official statement, he will also pay obeisance at the famed Baba Baidyanath Temple and also take part in the centenary celebrations of Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapeeth.

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'If situation is so well why not Amit Shah walks from Jammu to Kashmir': Rahul dares Home Minister

India | Jan 29, 2023, 09:17 PM IST

The challenge from the Congress leader came nearly two days after he halted his padayatra alleging a security lapse during his rally.

Amit Shah commences campaign for 2024 polls in Haryana, appeals people to vote for BJP

India | Jan 29, 2023, 07:04 PM IST

Shah took potshots at the previous Congress govt in the state and said that the region witnessed so much progress in the last eight years and that this could not have happened during the Congress rule of 70 years.

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Vote for BJP to form government in Karnataka with absolute majority: Amit Shah urges voters

India | Jan 28, 2023, 09:07 PM IST

Amit Shah Karnataka visit: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, senior BJP leader BS Yediyurappa and State president Nalin Kumar Kateel were among others present in the event.

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Amit Shah to attend road show, public meeting in poll-bound Karnataka today

India | Jan 28, 2023, 12:01 AM IST

Amit Shah in Karnataka: Shah will also attend a public meeting at MK Hubballi Belagavi in Karnataka's Belgaum district, the plan pointed, adding that both events will be held on Saturday evening.

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Narendra Modi will be re-elected 'Prime Minister' in 2024: Amit Shah

India | Jan 15, 2023, 04:10 PM IST

PM in 2024: This message of Gujarat has reached from Kashmir to Kanyakumari (north to south in the country) and from Dwarka to Kamakhya (west to east) that "Modi Saheb will again become the prime minister in 2024," the senior BJP leader said.

Amit Shah joins Uttarayan festivities in Gujarat.

Gujarat celebrates Uttarayan festival; Amit Shah, CM Patel extend greetings to people

India | Jan 14, 2023, 05:40 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Shah, CM Patel and Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat greeted people on the occasion of Uttarayan.

Ram temple construction underway in Ayodhya

Ayodhya Ram Mandir: How much construction completed so far | WATCH

India | Jan 13, 2023, 05:57 PM IST

All eyes are on Ayodhya's Ram Mandir construction as the temple has politically been a centerstage in state and national politics. It may influence the poll campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha election due in 2024.

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Amit Shah to visit Andaman on Jan 23, will hoist flag at the same spot where Netaji did in 1943

India | Jan 13, 2023, 03:19 PM IST

Subhas Chandra Bose Birth Anniversary: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Andaman and Nicobar Islands on January 23, 2023.

Amit Shah reaches Jammu and Kashmir to review the security

NIA and Police to jointly investigate recent civilian killings in Jammu, says Amit Shah in Rajouri

India | Jan 13, 2023, 05:09 PM IST

Amit Shah's J&K visit: The Union Home Minister is also scheduled to hold a meeting to review the security situation in the valley which will be attended by senior officers of the Armed Forces and intelligence agencies.

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Jharkhand: Union Home Minister Amit Shah to address public rally in Chaibasa today

India | Jan 07, 2023, 06:12 AM IST

Amit Shah in Jharkhand: State BJP president Deepak Prakash, former Jharkhand CM Babulal Marandi, who is also the leader of the BJP legislative party and Raghubar Das, Rajya Sabha MP Aditya Sahu held meetings with BJP workers and leaders are expected to make Shah's programme a grand success.

Amit Shah inaugurates several projects in the state.

Amit Shah inaugurates 120-foot-tall statue of polo player in Manipur | What's the significance

India | Jan 06, 2023, 02:34 PM IST

Amit Shah's Manipur visit: Manipur gets a 120-foot-tall statue signifying the presence of Pollo in the state. Historically Manipur is the centre of Polo.

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Ram temple: Shah announces date in response to Rahul Gandhi's remark 'taareekh nahi bataenge'; WATCH

India | Jan 06, 2023, 03:05 PM IST

Ram Temple Ayodhya: Addressing a rally in South Tripura, Amit Shah said, "Congress hindered the construction of Ram Temple in courts. After the Supreme Court verdict came, Modiji began the construction of the temple. PM Modi performed the 'Bhoomi Pujan' and began the construction of the temple."

Shah is in Manipur on a two-day visit.

Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurates development projects in Manipur

India | Jan 06, 2023, 02:11 PM IST

Shah will lay the foundation stone for a project worth Rs 1,000 crore.

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'BJP ended terrorism...,' Amit Shah exudes confidence of party's win in poll-bound Tripura

India | Jan 05, 2023, 05:44 PM IST

Amit Shah in Tripura: Addressing a public rally in Dharmanagr, Shah said the overwhelming support and faith shown by people towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi indicate that the BJP will once again form the government in Tripura.

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Amit Shah to flag off 'Jan Vishwas Yatra' in poll-bound Tripura today

India | Jan 05, 2023, 09:29 AM IST

Jan Vishwas Yatra: The Yatra will last for eight days and cover 60 constituencies of the state. The main purpose of the Yatra is to showcase the developmental works the BJP government has done since 2018.

Amit Shah spent night in Guwahati

Assam: Home Minister Amit Shah's flight diverted to Guwahati due to thick fog in Agartala | WATCH

India | Jan 05, 2023, 06:48 AM IST

Home Minister Amit Shah was scheduled to arrive at Agartala on Wednesday night and the next day, flag off two rath yatras in boll-bound Tripura.

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Men who dragged Delhi woman for several km had borrowed car from friend, says FIR

Jan 03, 2023, 06:14 AM IST

Delhi Kanjhawala case: On the direction of Home Minister Amit Shah, the ministry has sought a detailed report from the Delhi Police on the gruesome death of a woman.

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