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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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Use bulldozer to demolish Amit Shah's house: AAP's Raghav Chadha on Jahangirpuri demolition

India | Apr 20, 2022, 05:29 PM IST

AAP leader Raghav Chadha hinted at a conspiracy behind riots in Jahangirpuri as he claimed that the BJP in the last eight years resettled 'Bangladeshis and Rohingyas' across the country which it uses just to orchestrate communal riots.

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'8 years of big talk has resulted in India having only 8 days of coal stocks': Rahul Gandhi

India | Apr 20, 2022, 12:59 PM IST

Amit Shah on Apr 19 had chaired a meeting with Power Minister RK Singh, Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi & Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to assess the situation following reports of coal shortage reported by many states.

Coal transportation under progress at the coal mines of CIL

Coal shortage: Amit Shah meets Power, Coal, Raliway Ministers on power situation

India | Apr 20, 2022, 11:43 AM IST

The thermal power companies are facing shortage of low ash coal because of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war as they were unable to get coal loads from Russia.  

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Jahangirpuri violence: 'Riots a criminal conspiracy', says Delhi Police in its interim report to MHA

India | Apr 19, 2022, 12:18 PM IST

A video that the police said is circulating on social media, showed Sonu alias Imam alias Yunus in a blue kurta opening fire during the incident.

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MNS writes letter to Home Minister Amit Shah, demands removal of loudspeakers from mosques

India | Apr 16, 2022, 11:09 AM IST

Over 35 Muslim leaders holding various positions in MNS have resigned from the primary membership of the party over loudspeaker row.

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Watch Video | Amit Shah inaugurates Gujarat's first Indo-Pak border viewing point at Nadabet

India | Apr 10, 2022, 03:48 PM IST

Nadabet will be a major tourist attraction after Wagah border in Punjab. The open-auditorium will have a seating capacity of 500 people. Several shops and restaurants are being devloped to attract tourists from across the country.

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Amit Shah's 'Hindi should be alternative to English' remark draws flak from prominent faces

India | Apr 11, 2022, 01:09 PM IST

The BJP leader's remarks have been drawing strong criticisms from various top political leaders and sly reactions from prominent celebrities as well.

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Ever wonder how to dismantle, reassemble your jeep? BSF did it in just under 2 min | Check video

India | Apr 09, 2022, 06:10 AM IST

The drill aims to train personnel in dismantling & reassembling their vehicles quickly for tough times.

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What are Weapons of Mass Destruction, why govt wants to ban funding for WMDs | Explained

India | Apr 07, 2022, 04:25 PM IST

Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Amendment Bill, 2022 - The Lower House passed the bill by a voice vote with members expressing unanimity that such a measure was the need of the hour.

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Don't need lessons on law and order from Amit Shah: TMC

India | Apr 07, 2022, 04:57 PM IST

Speaking on the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill at Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, Home Minister Amit Shah had recalled that he was attacked with firebombs in Bengal during his campaigns for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah speaks in the Rajya Sabha

Biometric data of political detainees will not be collected under new law: Amit Shah

India | Apr 07, 2022, 11:59 AM IST

Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill seeks to empower police to obtain physical and biological samples of convicts and those accused of crimes.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah

Amit Shah likely to visit West Bengal this month, his first trip since 2021 poll debacle

India | Apr 07, 2022, 09:37 AM IST

Amit Shah will hold meetings with the Bengal BJP leadership during his two-day visit ahead of the next year's panchayat polls.

Home Minister Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 

How Modi-Shah duo has put BJP on an election-winning cavalry since 2014

India | Apr 06, 2022, 10:53 AM IST

The emerging dominance of the BJP under Narendra Modi and Amit Shah's leadership has given sleepless nights to the Congress that ruled for 60 years after Independence.

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Centre likely to table Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill in Rajya Sabha today

India | Apr 06, 2022, 10:30 AM IST

Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti will make a statement regarding the status of implementation of recommendations contained in 16th report of the dept-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development on PMAY-G.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit

BJP Foundation Day: From 2 seats in 1984 to ruling 17 states - The story of BJP's meteoric rise

India | Apr 06, 2022, 09:06 AM IST

Being initially unsuccessful and winning only 2 seats in the 1984 general election, the Bharatiya Janata Party rose to one of the strongest political parties in the country. Currently, the party has governments in 17 states and 1 UT.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah speaks in the Rajya Sabha

Parliament passes Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2022 to unify 3 civic bodies

India | Apr 05, 2022, 09:09 PM IST

According to the bill, passed by Lok Sabha last week, the unification of the municipal corporations will ensure synergised and strategic planning and optimal utilisation of resources.

Amit Shah in Lok Sabha

In Lok Sabha, Shah says his 'loud voice a manufacturing defect'; warns he gets 'angry only when...'

India | Apr 05, 2022, 08:10 AM IST

Expressing anger over Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's statement, the Home Minister had said that he would give up his life for Kashmir.

Union Minister Amit Shah. Locals stage a protest demanding

AFSPA areas to be reduced in Assam, Nagaland and Manipur: Amit Shah

India | Mar 31, 2022, 03:12 PM IST

The AFSPA empowers security forces to conduct operations and arrest anyone without any prior warrant. It also gives immunity to the forces if they shoot someone dead.

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Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill 2022 clubbing three Delhi MCDs passed in Lok Sabha

India | Mar 30, 2022, 08:43 PM IST

The Delhi Municipal Corporation was trifurcated in 2011 by the then Delhi government led by Sheila Dikshit to create compact municipalities aimed at providing a better delivery of services.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

All 3 Delhi MCDs will be clubbed into one, says Amit Shah in Lok Sabha

India | Mar 30, 2022, 04:13 PM IST

The decision to merge the three MCDs into one was approved last week on Tuesday by the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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