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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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Amit Shah said no one can stop BJP from going ahead with

War over Rath Yatra intensifies, Amit Shah says Mamata govt trying to suppress democracy in Bengal

India | Dec 07, 2018, 03:20 PM IST

Amit Shah said the Bengal government has no intention to control infiltration due to its appeasement policy.

Amit Shah

Restoration of Somnath temple's glory by covering it in gold answer to desecration in past: Amit Shah

India | Dec 06, 2018, 08:49 PM IST

    Shah, who's a trustee of Shree Somnath Trust, made the remarks after laying the foundation stone for a tourist walkway along the nearby coast.

Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) chief Upendra Kushwaha

Upendra Kushwaha declares 'war' on BJP, stops short of announcing split with NDA

India | Dec 06, 2018, 08:15 PM IST

  To a question whether a meeting with Congress president Rahul Gandhi was on the cards, he said "I need nobody's permission to meet anyone".

Amit Shah

Amit Shah Rath Yatra: CJ of Calcutta HC asks BJP to move appeal today

India | Dec 07, 2018, 01:29 AM IST

According to BJP lawyer Phiroze Edulji, chief justice, while refusing a hearing on Thursday evening itself, asked the BJP lawyers to move the appeal before the court on Friday morning.

Rath Yatra in West Bengal

Setback to BJP as Calcutta HC denies permission for Amit Shah’s Rath Yatra, next hearing on Jan 9

India | Dec 06, 2018, 05:28 PM IST

The Bharatiya Janata Party had moved the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday, saying it was yet to be given permission for taking out three rallies in West Bengal, scheduled to begin from December 7.

Mizoram Assembly Election 2018

Mizoram Polls | MNF dismisses BJP’s prediction of being in power for next 50 years; says ‘Amit Shah isn’t God’

Dec 06, 2018, 01:24 PM IST

The saffron party will win the 2019 elections because of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's hard work and then no one can dethrone it for the next 50 years, Shah had said at the party’s National Executive meet in September.

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Rajasthan Polls: Electioneering ends in state, polling on Dec 7

Dec 05, 2018, 08:22 PM IST

“Electioneering ended at 5 pm today. Polling will take place from 8 am to 5 pm on December 7 in 199 constituencies,” Rajasthan’s chief electoral officer Anand Kumar said.

BJP President Amit Shah

Rajasthan Polls| ‘Cong involved in negative politics; BJP transformed state from 'bimaru' to developed’: Amit Shah

Dec 05, 2018, 01:25 PM IST

While the Congress promoted dynastic politics, making members of one family party presidents, the BJP gives importance to those who perform and work to push the country ahead, he said.

BJP President Amit Shah

‘Rath Yatra will be game changer in WB politics; will become deciding factor in next general elections’: BJP

India | Dec 05, 2018, 11:43 AM IST

The BJP has emerged as the biggest competition to the ruling TMC by outsmarting the CPI(M) and the Congress in several by-elections. Shah had set a target of winning 22 Lok Sabha seats out of 42 seats in the state.

PM Modi in Sumerpur LIVE: 'I don’t want to win just

Rajasthan Polls | We caught hold of 'raazdaar', now he will expose 'naamdaars': PM Modi in Sumerpur

Dec 05, 2018, 01:25 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah who have spearheaded the party throughout the election campaign will campaign in the state to seek people support for Vasundhara Raje.

PM Modi in Jaipur LIVE:  'BJP will snatch victory from

Rajasthan Polls | BJP will snatch victory from Congress and leave them in lurch: PM Modi in Jaipur

Dec 04, 2018, 06:43 PM IST

Assembly polls for 199 seats of the total 200 seats in Rajasthan are due on December 7.

Amit Shah in Rajasthan

Martyrdom of soldiers not visible to ‘Rahul Baba through his Italian goggles': Amit Shah slams Congress

Dec 04, 2018, 07:38 AM IST

They (people like Mallya and Nirav Modi) did not flee during their reign (Congress) because they (Congress) had their share with them", Shah alleged. 'Chor–chor Mosere Bhai', Shah said.

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Intruders from Kashmir to Kanyakumari would be pulled out if BJP voted to power in 2019: Shah

India | Dec 03, 2018, 09:43 PM IST

Shah was addressing a public rally in Bundi where he also appealed to people to return the Vasuntharaje government in Rajasthan and the Modi government at the Centre.

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Telangana polls | Cong in its manifesto promised free electricity to masjids and churches but not for temples: Shah

Dec 02, 2018, 03:09 PM IST

To constitute the second Legislative Assembly, the Telangana Legislative Assembly election is scheduled to be held in the state on 7 December.

Amit Shah

Amit Shah slams Rahul over ‘surgical strike’ remark, says Cong president insulting soldiers

Dec 01, 2018, 05:41 PM IST

Praising the Narendra Modi government, Shah said that the Army jawans have developed a sense of pride that their government is standing behind them rock solid.

Telangana Assembly Elections: Stage set for fierce battle

Telangana Polls: Stage set for fierce battle as PM Modi, Amit Shah, Rahul Gandhi to hit campaign trail this week

Nov 26, 2018, 10:04 PM IST

PM Modi will address rallies at Nizamabad and Mahabubnagar on November 27, state BJP president K Laxman said on Saturday.

Jairam Ramesh

Modern name of 'tanashaahi' is Amit Shah, says Jairam Ramesh

India | Nov 25, 2018, 07:13 PM IST

The senior Congress leader also noted that "false news" was the biggest enterprise in "Make in India" under the Modi government, as he accused the BJP of "manufacturing" issues out of non-issues.

Amit Shah

Telangana Assembly Elections: BJP will not allow reservation for minorities, says Amit Shah

Nov 25, 2018, 04:01 PM IST

Addressing an election rally at Parkala in Warangal district, he said the Bharatiya Janata Party will neither provide quota on the basis of religion nor allow its implementation by others.  

Amit Shah

MP polls: BJP chief Amit Shah falls during roadshow, unhurt

Nov 25, 2018, 07:44 AM IST

The election results for all these states will be declared on December 11.

Amit Shah

A day on Amit Shah's campaign trail: Jibes at 'Rahul Baba', Diggy Raja

India | Nov 23, 2018, 09:47 PM IST

As poll campaign heated up in Madhya Pradesh in the run-up to the November 28 assembly election, Shah stepped up his offensive against the Congress, taking potshots at its president Rahul Gandhi and former chief minister Digvijay Singh.