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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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How Amit Shah reached out to Jat community seeking support

Opinion | How Amit Shah reached out to Jat community seeking support

India | Jan 27, 2022, 02:38 PM IST

Never had Amit Shah come out so clearly about RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary in public. The meeting with Jat leaders was held at BJP MP Parvesh Verma’s residence, and was organized by Parvesh with the help of Sanjeev Baliyan, the BJP leader from western UP.

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Election 2022: 'Goonda raj' to return if Akhilesh forms govt in UP, says Amit Shah

Elections | Jan 27, 2022, 11:16 PM IST

Assembly elections will be held in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab between February 10 and March 7. Results will be announced on March 10.

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In SP-RLD, not Jayant Chaudhary but Azam Khan will rule: Amit Shah to Jat leaders

Elections | Jan 26, 2022, 08:37 PM IST

A Jat leader who attended the meeting said that they have demanded Bharat Ratna for (former PM) Chaudhary Charan Singh, reservation for Jats and proportionate representation in Centre and UP government. The HM has responded positively.

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UP polls: EC's norms flouted during Amit Shah's door-to-door campaign, alleges SP

Elections | Jan 23, 2022, 11:44 PM IST

During the door-to-door campaign led by Amit Shah, he interacted with the people of Kairana who had left the city in 2014 but have now resettled back.

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UP polls: Amit Shah holds door-to-door campaign in Kairana, says 'new wave' of development seen

Elections | Jan 22, 2022, 05:37 PM IST

During his visit to Kairana, Amit Shah also stated that UP is on its path to becoming the 'most developed state' in India.

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Amit Shah launches District Good Governance Index, says 'delimitation has begun, polls soon in J&K'

India | Jan 22, 2022, 03:55 PM IST

Amit Shah released the District Good Governance Index for 20 districts of Jammu and Kashmir, a move that will bring Jammu and Kashmir the first Union Territory in the country to have a Good Governance Index.

In a 1st, Amit Shah to release district-based Good

In a 1st, Amit Shah to release district-based Good Governance Index for J&K

India | Jan 22, 2022, 07:31 AM IST

The District Good Governance Index of Jammu and Kashmir was prepared by DARPG in collaboration with the Government of Jammu and Kashmir in pursuance of the announcements made in the “Behtar e-Hukumat – Kashmir Aelamia” resolution adopted on July 2, 2021 in the Regional Conference on Replication of Good Governance Practices in Srinagar

Assam-Meghalaya Border dispute: Conrad, Himanta to meet

Assam-Meghalaya Border dispute: Conrad, Himanta to meet Amit Shah to discuss inter-state border row

India | Jan 20, 2022, 07:09 AM IST

Addressing a press conference after chairing a meeting of the Assam cabinet, Sarma had said the two states will submit their recommendations to the Centre and urge it to take the matter forward.

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Amit Shah to go on a marathon tour in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh

Elections | Jan 19, 2022, 04:46 PM IST

Along with rallies and election programmes, Shah will also hold meetings with the leaders of the party to take stock of the election situation, and accordingly, give necessary instructions to the party leaders and workers.

Assembly polls 2022: BJP's Uttarakhand core group to meet

Assembly polls 2022: BJP's Uttarakhand core group to meet in Delhi today

Elections | Jan 16, 2022, 12:40 PM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Uttrakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami will be present in the meeting along with the party's National President Jagat Prakash Nadda, State president Madan Kaushik, state election incharge Pralhad Joshi, election co-incharge RP Singh and others.

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UP polls: BJP trying to destroy communal harmony, says Asaduddin Owaisi

Elections | Jan 05, 2022, 12:27 PM IST

Asaduddin Owaisi has accused PM Narendra Modi, Yogi Adityanath and Amit Shah of encouraging people who are spreading hatred in name of religion.

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Election 2022: Samajwadi Party MLC from Varanasi joins BJP

Elections | Dec 31, 2021, 07:21 PM IST

Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab will go to polls early in 2022. While the first four are ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party, the last one has a Congress government.

Assembly Election 2022 LIVE Updates

Assembly Election 2022 Updates: PM Modi inaugurates various developmental projects in Haldwani

Elections | Dec 30, 2021, 11:55 PM IST

Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab will go to polls early in 2022. While the first four are ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party, the last one has a Congress government.

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Committee to decide on withdrawing of AFSPA in Nagaland: State Govt after meeting Amit Shah

India | Dec 26, 2021, 02:58 PM IST

Union Minister Amit Shah held a meeting to discuss the present scenario in Nagaland on December 23 which was attended by Nagaland CM, Assam CM and other officials.

Only ₹70 cr as compared to UP's ₹2,000 cr: AAP hits

Only ₹70 cr as compared to UP's ₹2,000 cr: AAP hits back after Shah's jibe at Kejriwal

India | Dec 26, 2021, 12:42 PM IST

AAP stated that the Delhi government spends Rs 70 crore on advertisements in a year whereas the Yogi government spends Rs 2,000 crore annually.

Amit Shah takes dig at Kejriwal over media advertisements

Amit Shah takes dig at Kejriwal over media advertisements

India | Dec 25, 2021, 10:14 PM IST

Amit Shah said that it is because of the BJP-ruled three municipal corporations of Delhi that the Modi government has been able to carry out welfare programmes in Delhi.

Congress leader and former Uttarakhand Chief Minister

Assembly Election 2022 Updates: AAP releases 3rd list of 18 candidates for Punjab polls

Elections | Dec 24, 2021, 08:25 PM IST

Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur are due early next year.

CRPF women commandos to guard Amit Shah, Sonia Gandhi,

CRPF women commandos to guard Amit Shah, Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

India | Dec 22, 2021, 07:51 PM IST

CRPF raised its first-ever contingent of 32 women commandos in its VIP security wing and they will now be tasked to guard its protectees, based in Delhi, who receive the top Z+ cover.

The BJP, according to sources, is wary of making any such

Trouble for BJP in UP as Nishads fume over delay in reservation

Elections | Dec 20, 2021, 05:42 PM IST

The Nishads were looking forward to an announcement in this regard by the union Home Minister Amit Shah at the joint BJP-Nishad party rally in Lucknow last week.

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Shah's claim that BJP made it clear Fadnavis will be Maharashtra CM in 2019 far from reality: Raut

India | Dec 20, 2021, 01:42 PM IST

It was the BJP which "ditched" the Shiv Sena in 2014 for a larger share in power, Sanjay Raut claimed while talking to reporters in Delhi.

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