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 asserted that all border fencing gaps with neighbouring Pakistan and Bangladesh will be filled till 2022.
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday decided to restore Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) for central government employees and pensioners from July 1, 2021 while increasing the rate of allowance to 28 per cent.
The Central government recently carved out a new Ministry for Cooperation, which earlier was a small department in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
Lord Jagannath Temple Rath Yatra procession commenced in Ahmedabad today.
Home Minister Amit Shah performed 'aarti' at Jagannath Temple in Ahmedabad on early Monday morning before the annual Rath Yatra takes off from the temple.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday met President Ram Nath Kovind and the meeting was described as a courtesy call.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be on a three-day visit to his home state Gujarat from Saturday to take part in a host of programmes.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has been handed over the additional charge of the newly formulated Ministry of Co-operation in Modi's new cabinet.
Home Minister Amit Shah asked young IPS officers to do the needful for improving the image of police while serving their respective organisations and said there is a need for increasing public contact.
The meeting discussed various other aspects, including equipping the security forces with modern equipment and involving more youngsters, start-ups and the strategic community in the field.
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held Jammu and Kashmir all-party meeting, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad — who represented the grand old party in meeting with PM — in an exclusive conversation with India TV gave insights of the conversation of J&K leaders with PM Modi, issues which were discussed and Centre's conduct towards the opposition.
We told PM that we don't stand with what was done on 5th Aug 2019. We're not ready to accept it, said National Conference leader Omar Abdullah after attending PM Modi's Jammu & Kashmir all-party meeting.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's statement questioning the removal of Jammu and Kashmir statehood came as PM Modi is heading J-K all-party meeting in New Delhi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi led BJP leaders on Wednesday paid tributes to party ideologue Syama Prasad Mookerjee, who founded its progenitor Jana Sangh, on his 68th death anniversary.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday met union ministers, including Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh, at his official residence.
The Calcutta High Court on Saturday criticised the Mamata Banerjee government and observed that the state has not taken any concrete steps to address the complaints pertaining to post-poll violence.
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar who was slated to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah today, arrived at his official residence in Delhi at 11 am this morning.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday reviewed various development projects being implemented in Jammu and Kashmir and said all-round development and welfare of the people of the union territory is the top priority of the Modi government.
BJP national president JP Nadda and UP unit president Swantradev Singh on Thursday met senior leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi to discuss the way forward.
Dhankhar had a meeting with Shah on Thursday as well during which he is believed to have briefed the home minister about the law and order situation in the state where several incidents of post-poll violence were reported
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