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 MoreThe cops have also found an identity card of the personal secretary of a Member of Parliament (MP) from Andhra Pradesh on 32-year-old Hemant Pawar in addition to a Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) identity card.
Amit Shah has earlier announced that the government would bring out a new cooperation policy to strengthen the cooperative movement in the country.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, on Monday, met filmmaker Rohit Shetty in Mumbai. Pictures from their meeting are going viral on social media platforms. Take a look.
Amit Shah on water dispute: Apart from water, Amit Shah also asked Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to mutually resolve their pending issues.
The Government of India has approved the year-long commemoration of 'Hyderabad State Liberation' from Sep 17, 2022, to Sep 17, 2023.
Amit Shah in Kerala: The council meeting will discuss matters of interest among the states and also between the states and the central government, a release issued by the Chief Minister's office said.
Ganesh Chaturthi 2022: Ganesh Chaturthi festival is celebrated every year with great fervour in India with thousands of devotees thronging temples and 'Ganeshotsav pandals' to offer their prayers.
G20 Summit: During his visit, Amit Shah will discuss about the national security, action plan of 2024 and about the security arrangements made available for G-20 summit.
Jammu and Kashmir: The meeting was attended by NSA Ajit Doval, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, Army Chief Manoj Pandey, J&K LG Manoj Sinha along with Research & Analysis Wing Chief Samant Goel, CRPF DD Kuldeep Singh.
Amit Shah in Bhopal: The Centre is further strengthening security forces in LWE-affected areas, he said, adding 40 new security camps have been opened in the last three years and 15 more are to be opened.
Expressing confidence that BJP will defeat the TRS and come to power, Amit Shah said Telangana was created with many dreams and aspirations of people and they will be fulfilled by the his party under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership.
Home Minster Amit Shah shared pictures with Jr NTR on Twitter from their recent meeting in Hyderabad. Shah called the RRR star the "gem of Telegu cinema".
Manish Sisodia CBI raid: Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena had recommended a CBI probe into the Kejriwal government's Excise Policy, 2021-22, over alleged violations of rules and procedural lapses.
Independence Day 2022: Meanwhile, in view of the 76th Independence Day celebration, security has been stepped up across the national capital with more than 10,000 personnel manning the Red Fort from where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the country.
Bihar Political Crisis: Nitish Kumar's aspirations to become Prime Minister led him to break the alliance with the BJP, alleged Union Minister Giriraj Singh.
Congress dismissed as 'bogus' Amit Shah linking its protests to Ram temple foundation day, says its stir against price rise has clearly hit home.
Gujarat Elections 2022: In a cryptic tweet, the national convenor of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) also wondered if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is not happy with the work of Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendrabhai Patel.
Amit Shah on PM Modi: The Union Home Minister also took an apparent swipe at the previous UPA government, alleging there was "policy paralysis" then, while a number of scams also happened.
The home minister also paid rich tributes to Venkayya, the creator of the country's national flag. In 1916, Venkayya published a book offering 30 designs of what could make the Indian flag.
Pointing out that the drug problem was more in Punjab, Shah assured complete support of the Narendra Modi government to the state for its fight against the menace.
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