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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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Come up with long-term plan to protect Assam from flood: Amit Shah tells Assam govt

India | Oct 08, 2022, 12:29 AM IST

If the state is to develop further and attract significant private investment, protection from deluge, a perennial problem of the state, is a key requirement, Shah said while chairing a meeting here to look into ways to make Assam flood free.

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Amit Shah inaugurated Dairy conclave during his three-day visit to the northeast

India | Oct 07, 2022, 03:13 PM IST

According to Shah's itinerary for October 7, as posted on the microblogging site by his office, the home minister unveiled a statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at Rajbhavan in Gangtok.

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Amit Shah J&K visit: When HM paused his speech for 'azaan' from mosque | WATCH

India | Oct 06, 2022, 12:39 PM IST

In the video, which went viral in no time, it is seen that the home minister who heard the 'azaan' from the mosque, asked if anything was going on in the nearby mosque. After confirming with people on stage, he took a brief pause before restarting the speech with permission from the audience.

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Elections in J&K to be held after voters' list compilation, says Amit Shah

India | Oct 05, 2022, 05:20 PM IST

As soon as the work of compiling the voters' list is completed, elections will be held in J&K with full transparency, Home Minister Amit Shah said at a public rally in Baramulla.

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No talks with Pakistan; Modi government won't tolerate terrorism: Amit Shah in Jammu And Kashmir

India | Oct 05, 2022, 06:42 PM IST

Amit Shah's J&K visit: Addressing a rally here, Shah asked whether terrorism has ever benefited anyone as the menace has claimed 42,000 lives since the 1990s in Jammu and Kashmir.

The home minister said some people have tried to instigate

A first: Gujjars, Bakerwals, Paharis in J&K to get quota, announces Home Minister Amit Shah

India | Oct 04, 2022, 03:47 PM IST

Addressing a rally in Rajouri, Amit Shah also said there will be no decline in ST quota of Gujjars and Bakerwals and Paharis and everyone will get their share.

Home Minister Amit Shah addresses a rally in Rajouri, Jammu

Amit Shah Jammu and Kashmir visit: Our govt eliminated stone-pelting incidents, says HM in Jammu

India | Oct 04, 2022, 09:53 PM IST

Amit Shah In Jammu And Kashmir LIVE: Several delegations, including representatives of the Dogra community, called on Union Home Minister Amit Shah after he arrived in Jammu, officials said. Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and Union Minister Jitendra Singh were also present during the meetings.

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India | Oct 04, 2022, 06:45 AM IST

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Amit Shah addresses first mega rally in Bihar after JD(U) snapped ties with BJP

India | Sep 23, 2022, 01:23 PM IST

The visit of Amit Shah to Bihar reflects BJP's strategy to win maximum seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha and 2025 Bihar Assembly elections.

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Amit Shah Bihar visit: Is the Home Minister coming to give Bihar special status? says Tejashwi Yadav

India | Sep 22, 2022, 06:35 PM IST

Amit Shah's consecutive rallies are scheduled on Friday in Purnia and Saturday in Kishanganj districts. These two districts are considered as Muslim-dominated districts of Seemanchal region.

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AIADMK interim gen secy Palaniswami calls on HM Amit Shah in Delhi amidst ongoing leadership tussle

India | Sep 20, 2022, 07:14 PM IST

The AIADMK party's interim general secretary K Palaniswami called on Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the national capital on Tuesday and said he didn't discuss politics.

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Amit Shah security breach: TRS leader parks car in front of HM's cavalcade | Watch what happens next

India | Sep 17, 2022, 02:52 PM IST

A few days back, Mumbai Police arrested a man for allegedly impersonating the PA of an MP from Andhra Pradesh and breaching the security of Home Minister Amit Shah during his visit to Mumbai.

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Amit Shah in Hyderabad: 'People now will have to bear the Nizam-rule for only 13 more months'

India | Sep 17, 2022, 01:37 PM IST

Amit Shah in Hyderabad: He has also requested the three chief ministers – K Chandrasekhar Rao of Telangana, Basavaraj Bommai of Karnataka and Eknath Shinde of Maharashtra – to observe the inaugural day of commemoration with suitable events in their states.

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Assam: Peace accord inked with 5 militant groups, Rs 1,000 crore package announced

India | Sep 15, 2022, 11:42 PM IST

Tripartite peace accord: The peace deal was signed in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma at the Ministry of Home Affairs in North Block.

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Pak-backed group issues threat to Ghulam Nabi, says he's part of BJP's plan

India | Sep 15, 2022, 01:46 PM IST

The Resistance Front (TRF), believed to be a shadow group of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, claimed that Azad's recent reinvigoration of J&K's political scene is part of a well-thought-out strategy by Union home minister Amit Shah and NSA Ajit Doval.

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Central government to sign tripartite peace agreement with 5 militant outfits of Assam today

India | Sep 15, 2022, 11:05 AM IST

Assam news: The peace agreement is expected to be signed by the Central government, Assam government and five rebel outfits of Assam- All Adivasi National Liberation Army, Adivasi Cobra Militants of Assam, Birsa Commando Force, Santhal Tiger Force and Adivasi People's Army.

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Hindi Diwas: Amit Shah praises language, says 'it unites nation in a thread of unity' | Watch

India | Sep 14, 2022, 09:00 AM IST

Hindi Diwas 2022: Every year Hindi Diwas is observed on September 14. The day is dedicated to the Hindi language after it was announced as the official language of the Union of India.

Gujarat Assembly elections

Amit Shah's swipe at Arvind Kejriwal: 'Dream sellers won't win in Gujarat'

India | Sep 13, 2022, 05:07 PM IST

Gujarat Assembly elections: Speaking virtually, Shah also said the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will once again form a government in Gujarat, his home state, with a two-thirds majority and hailed the leadership of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel.

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Shah takes swipe at Rahul, says Cong can only practice vote bank, appeasement politics

India | Sep 10, 2022, 06:40 PM IST

Amit Shah attacks Rahul Gandhi: Addressing the Rajasthan BJP's booth functionaries, he also hit out at the state government over the murder of Udaipur tailor Kanhaiya Lal by Muslim extremists and the Karauli violence and alleged the Congress can only practice politics of vote bank and appeasement.

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Amit Shah addresses BJP OBC Morcha meet on Gehlot's home turf Jodhpur

India | Sep 10, 2022, 04:53 PM IST

The national working committee meet of the BJP's OBC Morcha in Jodhpur is aimed at strengthening the party's OBC vote bank in the state ahead of the 2023 Assembly elections.

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