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 MoreAmit Shah said if a comparison is made between the development witnessed in the last five years in Manipur and the development in previous 70 years in the state, one can see more progress in the last five years.
Earlier today, the Tripura police detained West Bengal Trinamool Congress leader Sayani Ghosh for questioning following a complaint by a ruling BJP worker.
Amit Shah said the Prime Minister has shown a 'remarkable statesmanship' and Nadda said the decision will 'further the atmosphere of brotherhood in the nation'.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah had said in Azamgarh on Saturday that 'JAM' in Samajwadi Party meant 'J for Jinnah, A for Azam and M for Mukhtar'.
As the election season is approaching, Akhilesh Yadav is seeing greatness in Mohammad Ali Jinnah, he said, referring to the Pakistan founder.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stressed the need to leverage cooperative and competitive federalism to achieve all-around growth.
Ahead of the upcoming assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, the Union Home Minister also held a review meeting with Vidhan Sabha in charge of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Varanasi on Friday.
Amit Shah will be in Azamgarh and Basti on Saturday, BJP’s regional vice-president Dr Satyendra Sinha said.
In November, Amit Shah is scheduled to make two important visits to Uttar Pradesh, one of which is going to start today and continue for two days.
The meet will also be attended by the Lieutenant Governors of the Union Territories of Andaman and Nicobar, Puducherry as well as the administrator of Puducherry.
Amit Shah will also visit Azamgarh, the parliamentary constituency of Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, to lay the foundation of a university.
Earlier on Sunday, Shah launched the Dairy Sahakar scheme at Gujarat's Anand with the overall objectives of doubling the farmers' income and Atmanirbhar Bharat.
National Unity Day is celebrated in India on October 31. It was introduced by the Central government in 2014.
The acharyas discussed certain issues pertaining to Hindu Dharma and culture which require restorative actions from the government.
Polls for the 70 member Uttarakhand Assembly are scheduled to take place in early 2022. In the 2017 elections, BJP secured 57 assembly seats, Congress won 11 seats and the rest of the seats were won by others.
Uttar Pradesh is slated to go to the polls early next year. In the 2017 polls, the BJP had secured a brute majority, winning 312 seats.
Home Minister Amit Shah to visit Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh to attend the various programmes, launch BJP's membership drive.
This will be Amarinder Singh's second meeting with Amit Shah after he resigned as the Chief Minister of Punjab on September 18.
Amit Shah will release the departmental magazine 'Sahakar Se Samridhi' and will also duly inaugurate the PACS computerization.
Sardar Patel's birth anniversary on Oct 31 is celebrated as Rashtriya Ekta Diwas since 2014, with a national-level celebration at the Statue of Unity.
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