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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Union Home Minister Amit Shah asked students at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here to look at their profession as a means to serve people, especially those in remote parts with no access to healthcare facilities.
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday unequivocally said that properties of those involved in Delhi violence will be seized. He was speaking in Lok Sabha. This was Amit Shah's first statement in Lok Sabha after a horrific spate of violence engulfed New Delhi in the month of February this year.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday responded to a debate in the Lok Sabha on Delhi riots. Shah said there had been no incident of violence in the national capital since 11 pm on February 25. Here is the full text.
A senior BJP leader from Madhya Pradesh on Saturday wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah demanding security for MLAs in the state amid a poaching row with the ruling Congress
Home Minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday the country was well prepared to contain the spread of COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus and that he would not participate in 'Holi Milan' function in the wake of the reports of outbreak of the virus in different places.
Several scuffles broke out between parliamentarians from Congress and BJP in the Lok Sabha on Monday as opposition protested the sectarian clashes in the National Capital, which have left at least 46 persons dead
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee hit out at the Centre over Delhi riots saying she is deeply pained by the killing of innocent people in Delhi and think it was genocide. The violence in Delhi was state-sponsored, she added.
Kolkata Police has arrested three BJP supporters, who raised 'goli maaro...' slogans allegedly while they were en route to Home Minister Amit Shah's rally in the city on Sunday.
The ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal on Sunday slammed Union Home Minister Amit Shah for attacking the state government over law and order situation, saying instead of preaching he should apologize for failing to save innocent lives during the Delhi violence.
The Congress will strongly raise the issue of communal riots in Delhi during the second part of the Budget Session in Parliament starting on Monday and demand Home Minister Amit Shah's resignation over alleged police lapses.
En route to Union Home Minister Amit Shah's rally in Kolkata, some BJP workers raised 'goli maro...' slogans in Kolkata on Sunday, as reported by PTI. A while ago, a man with a licensed pistol was caught as he was trying to enter Shah's rally. After being questioned, the man claimed to be a BJP supporter.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday asked the National Security Guard (NSG) commandos to ensure counter-terrorism operations are finished in minimum time with the minimum losses in their ranks and called for modifying the forces combat strategies, use of technology and training to bring changes in the personnels priorities.
A man with a licensed pistol tried to enter Amit Shah's rally venue in Kolkata today. The man was stopped by volunteers and police and has been sent back. The man has been identified as ex-CAPF personnel, Jadu Nandy from Durgapur who has claimed to be a BJP supporter.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be on a day-long visit to the West Bengal capital on Sunday and address a rally to "clear the confusion" surrounding the amended Citizenship Act, BJP sources said on Saturday.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah accused Opposition of lying about Citizenship (Amendment) Act and sought to reassure everyone that "nobody" will lose citizenship because of the act.
Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) students have sought the resignations of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the Delhi Police Commissioner for failing to save the lives and properties of the people in the violence-hit national capital.
Soon after Congress's presser on Northeast Delhi violence, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar slammed party interim President Sonia Gandhi, saying the government is open to discussion but politics should not be done over the issue.
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