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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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'Kaan khol kar sunlo Ajmal...': Won't allow Assam become infiltrators hub again, says Amit Shah

Elections | Mar 31, 2021, 07:44 PM IST

Addressing a poll rally in Assam's Sonapur, Amit Shah said that if there is a government of Congress and Badruddin Ajmal, there will be no stop to infiltration

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Festival of joy, laughter: PM Modi, Amit Shah extend Holi greetings

India | Mar 29, 2021, 10:36 AM IST

Union Ministers Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah too on Monday extended greetings to the people of India on the occasion of Holi and wished that the festival brings happiness, health and prosperity in the lives of people.

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Everything cannot be made public: Amit Shah on 'meeting' Sharad Pawar

India | Mar 28, 2021, 10:48 PM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday declined to confirm or deny his purported meeting with NCP supremo Sharad Pawar.

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How such a claim could be made just day after election: Mamata questions Shah's seat prediction

India | Mar 28, 2021, 07:51 PM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday questioned Home Minister Amit Shah's claim of BJP winning 26 out of 30 seats in the first phase of Bengal elections, polling for which took place on Saturday.

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'Poriborton' is coming: Mithun Chakraborty on high voter turnout in Bengal first phase polling

Elections | Mar 28, 2021, 05:32 PM IST

West Bengal Actor Mithun Chakraborty, who recently joined Bharatiya Janata Party, conducted a roadshow in Bengal's Bishnupur region, a day after the first phase of polling concluded. Speaking on the high voter turnout in the first phase, Mithun said it shows that the change is coming.

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BJP will win 26 of 30 seats in Bengal, 37 of 47 seats in Assam in first phase: Amit Shah

Elections | Mar 28, 2021, 04:54 PM IST

Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah on Sunday said according to the feedback received from the ground, the saffron party will win 26 of the 30 seats that went to polls in the first phase of the West Bengal Assembly election.

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Nearly 80% voter turnout in Bengal, Assam records 72% in first phase polling

Elections | Mar 27, 2021, 11:14 PM IST

Polling for the first phase of West Bengal and Assam assembly elections 2021 was held on Saturday. A voter turnout of 79.79 percent was recorded in Bengal and 72.14 percent in Assam till 5 PM (not final figure), the Election Commission said. Voting was held in 30 assembly constituencies in West Bengal and 47 seats in Assam in this phase with a total of 21,825 polling stations.

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Assam polls 2021: BJP will enact laws to check 'love and land jihad', says Amit Shah

Elections | Mar 26, 2021, 02:54 PM IST

Amit Shah said that the BJP will enact laws to tackle the menace of love and land jihad in Assam if it is voted to power.

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Nuns' Harassment: Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan writes to Centre, Amit Shah promises action

India | Mar 24, 2021, 09:22 PM IST

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday took up the matter of alleged harassment of nuns belonging to a Kerala-based congregation in Uttar Pradesh recently with Home Minister Amit Shah promising strong action.

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'Pakka 200 paar': Amit Shah says BJP will get power in Bengal with overwhelming majority | Exclusive

India | Mar 23, 2021, 11:21 PM IST

Home Minister Amit Shah, who conducted a roadshow in Bengal's Medinipur on Tuesday, in an exclusive conversation with India TV said that there is a wave of change in Bengal adding with full confidence that his party will form the next government with a thumping majority.

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'Bhatija and company swindled central funds sent for Amphan relief': Amit Shah

Elections | Mar 23, 2021, 03:01 PM IST

Amit Shah said that if BJP forms the government in West Bengal after the Assembly polls, a committee will be set up to probe the siphoning off relief funds.

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Only PM Modi can keep Assam free from terrorism: Amit Shah

Elections | Mar 22, 2021, 04:26 PM IST

Amit Shah said that it was evident from the enthusiasm of the people that the BJP was going to form the government for a second consecutive term in Assam.

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CAA implementation, reservation for women in jobs: A look at BJP's Bengal poll manifesto

Elections | Mar 21, 2021, 10:49 PM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday released Bharatiya Janata Party's election manifesto for the forthcoming assembly election in West Bengal.

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Bengal polls: TMC MP Sisir Adhikari joins BJP at Amit Shah's rally

Elections | Mar 21, 2021, 02:32 PM IST

Veteran TMC MP Sisir Adhikari - father of BJP heavyweight Suvendu Adhikari - joined the BJP in Egra on Sunday in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and other senior leaders of the party.

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Bengal polls: Sisir Adhikari likely to attend Amit Shah's Egra rally

Elections | Mar 21, 2021, 01:23 PM IST

Confirming the invitation from BJP top brass, Adhikari's son and TMC MP Dibyendu Adhikari told reporters, "We have spoken to the BJP leadership. We will take the final decision about whether to attend or not tomorrow morning."

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Heated argument breaks out between Shah, Uddhav; PM Modi intervenes

India | Mar 17, 2021, 11:29 PM IST

A heated argument broke out between Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's interaction with chief ministers on the prevailing coronavirus situation, sources said.

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Bengal: BJP plays big caste card; Mamata says 'frustrated' Amit Shah hatching conspiracies

Elections | Mar 16, 2021, 11:54 PM IST

BJP's star campaigners Tuesday carpet-bombed West Bengal with rallies, ridiculing Mamata Banerjee for her recent visit to temples and her new-found love for 'Chandi path', provoking retaliatory fire from the TMC boss who accused Home Minister Amit Shah of hatching a conspiracy against her party.

'Conspiracy' Vs 'no-conspiracy' - Mamata, Shah raise poll

'Conspiracy' Vs 'no conspiracy' - Mamata, Shah raise poll pitch as Bengal election nears

Elections | Mar 15, 2021, 10:53 PM IST

While West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee cried "conspiracy" over the Nandigram incident last week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah chose to refrain from using the term when his helicopter suffered a glitch on Monday. 

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Bengal polls 2021: Amit Shah slams Mamata's 10-year misrule, vows to end 'gunda raj'

Elections | Mar 15, 2021, 04:37 PM IST

Amit Shah has accused the Mamata Banerjee government of blocking the Central government’s schemes in West Bengal. He said that the BJP, if forms the government, will end the 'gunda raj'.

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Bengal polls 2021: Amit Shah's chopper develops snag, to address rally in Jhargram virtually

Elections | Mar 15, 2021, 12:59 PM IST

The BJP made deep inroads in West Bengal by winning 18 of its 42 Lok Sabha seats in 2019 - only four less than ruling TMC. The BJP is projecting itseld as an alternative to the Trinamool Congress which is ruling the state since 2011 under Mamata Banerjee’s leadership.

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