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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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PM Modi, Amit Shah to visit Gujarat over weekend

PM Modi, Amit Shah to visit home state over weekend with eye on Gujarat election

India | May 27, 2022, 12:11 PM IST

The BJP-ruled Gujarat is slated to go to the polls by the end of this year.

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Modi govt 8 years: How BJP has become the 'greatest election machine' under Modi and Shah

India | May 25, 2022, 05:20 PM IST

Modi Govt 8 Years: The BJP on the electoral battlefield under Modi-Shah jugalbandi has projected itself as the vanguard of the poor, rich and deprived section.

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah to watch Akshay Kumar-starrer 'Prithviraj' at special screening

Bollywood | May 24, 2022, 10:40 PM IST

Home Minister Amit Shah will be watching Akshay Kumar's 'Prithviraj' on June 1. The actor said, 'Prithviraj' can be best described as an "educational film" and hoped the younger generation watches it for a better understanding of history.

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Amit Shah takes dig at Rahul Gandhi, asks him to take off 'Italian glasses' to see development

India | May 22, 2022, 02:00 PM IST

Amit Shah inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of various development projects worth Rs 1,000 crores in the Namsai district.

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'Inter-state boundary dispute between Assam, Arunachal to be resolved by next year': Amit Shah

India | May 21, 2022, 08:32 PM IST

Asserting that efforts are underway to make Northeast insurgency-free, he claimed 9,000 militants from the region have surrendered during the last eight years of the Narendra Modi government at the Centre.

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Ensure zero cross-border infiltration to wipe out terrorism in J&K: Amit Shah to forces

India | May 17, 2022, 08:01 PM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah directed security forces & police to conduct coordinated counter-terrorism operations pro-actively & said to fulfill PM Modi’s vision of a prosperous & peaceful Jammu and Kashmir.

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Man arrested in Bihar for making fake Facebook ID of Amit Shah

India | May 16, 2022, 05:06 PM IST

After investigation, the police arrested a person named Vicky Kumar Singh. "We have arrested a person named Vicky Kumar Singh from Devkali village," said Anand Kumar, SHO of Mohamadpur police station.

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KCR wants to turn Telangana into Bengal, he must be stopped now: Amit Shah in Hyderabad

India | May 14, 2022, 11:57 PM IST

Sounding the poll bugle in Telangana, Union Home Minister and BJP veteran Amit Shah hit out at the TRS government in the state for alleged corruption and unkept promises and said his party is ready to face the polls, due in the state next year.

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Amit Shah in Telangana: TRS leaders mount scathing attacks on BJP over several issues

India | May 14, 2022, 07:12 PM IST

State CM K Chandrasekhar Rao's son and TRS leader K Taraka Rama Rao wrote an open letter to the BJP leader asking 27 questions.

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Delhi anti-encroachment drives: Sisodia slams BJP, writes to Amit Shah against bulldozing

India | May 13, 2022, 04:58 PM IST

In an online briefing, Delhi's deputy CM Sisodia slammed the "bulldozer politics" of the BJP and claimed that the civic bodies are planning to raze 63 lakh dwellings in the national capital.

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'Mor machaaye shor...' Amit Shah recalls when PM Modi stopped crucial meet to feed peacock | Watch

India | May 12, 2022, 01:02 PM IST

In the video, Home minister narrated an incident where PM Modi briefly stopped a crucial meet to help feed a peacock.

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Confident, AFSPA will soon be revoked from Assam: Amit Shah

India | May 10, 2022, 03:09 PM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is on a three-day Assam visit, to attend Himanta Biswa Sarma-led government's first anniversary celebrations, and travel to the India-Bangladesh border.

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Digitalisation of census process to ensure 100 percent enumeration: Amit Shah

India | May 09, 2022, 08:17 PM IST

Speaking after inaugurating the office building of the Directorate of Census Operations (Assam), Union Home Minister Amit Shah stressed the importance of proper enumeration for better planning of the country's development.

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On 3-day Assam tour, Amit Shah reviews Indo-Bangla border situation, interacts with locals

India | May 09, 2022, 12:41 PM IST

On Tuesday, Amit Shah will present the 'President's Colour' to Assam Police at a ceremony in Guwahati, and also interact with the officers and personnel of the force.

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BCCI chief Sourav Ganguly hosts dinner for Amit Shah

India | May 06, 2022, 11:48 PM IST

Asked about the dinner meet-up, Ganguly who is also the BCCI chief, told reporters that though there was a lot of speculation, the dinner was because he had known Shah for long.

Amit Shah demands CBI investigation into BJP worker's death

Amit Shah demands CBI investigation into BJP worker's death in West Bengal

India | May 06, 2022, 04:27 PM IST

The Union Home Minister, who is on a two-day tour to West Bengal, has also sought a report from the Mamata Banerjee-led state government.

BJP worker Arjun Chowrasia found dead in Kolkata

BJP worker found dead in Kolkata; party blames TMC, cancels event to welcome Amit Shah

India | May 06, 2022, 01:52 PM IST

The deceased BJP leader has been identified as Arjun Chowrasia (27). He was a BJP Yuva Morcha activist.

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BJP will not rest till it uproots TMC's tyrannical rule from West Bengal: Amit Shah

India | May 05, 2022, 06:51 PM IST

Addressing a public rally in Siliguri town of North Bengal, he also said that the saffron party would continue to fight against the ‘cut-money' culture (extortion), corruption and political violence.

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CAA will be implemented the moment Covid wave ends: Amit Shah in Bengal

India | May 05, 2022, 06:50 PM IST

During his visit to Bengal's Siliguri, Amit Shah said that Trinamool Congress is spreading rumours that CAA won't be implemented on the ground. The leader clarified that the reality is, CAA will be implemented once the Covid wave ends.

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Rajasthan CM Gehlot dares Amit Shah to form panel to probe Ram Navami violence

India | May 05, 2022, 04:01 PM IST

CM Gehlot mentioned the committee should be headed by judges from the Supreme Court and High Court so that they can find out the “root cause” behind the incident.

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