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 referred to an old tweet by his Congress counterpart to take aim at the main Opposition party while accusing it of defaming 'honest' people.
Recalling the recent successes of the BJP in state elections, Shah said Gandhi should analyse why the Congress tasted defeat in elections after Narendra Modi-led BJP government came to power in the Centre.
Referring to the NRC, Shah said, “The process to evict illegal infiltrators will not stop, irrespective of the Congress’ opposition.”
PM Modi addressed BJP's Karyakarta Mahakumbh - 'world's largest gathering of people'. Around 13 lakh party workers attended the event in Bhopal today.
"I want to tell the people that the Congress and all opposition parties are working together for breaking India while (prime minister Narendra) Modi-ji is busy in making India," he said.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Purvanchal Mahagathbandhan is first in the series of four mega rallies planned by Delhi BJP in Delhi in the run up to the Lok Sabha elections, said Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari.
"During a discussion with the Goa BJP core team, it has been decided that Manohar Parrikar will continue to lead the state government. Soon, there will be a reshuffle of ministers and their portfolios," Shah said.
They will get quality health care with free treatment costing upto Rs 5 lakh, he said.
Shah tweeted, "Rahul Gandhi says 'Modi Hatao'. Pakistan says 'Modi Hatao'. Now Pakistan also supports Rahul Gandhi's baseless allegations against PM Modi. Is Congress forming an International Mahagathbandhan against PM Modi?"
Amit Shah said that Assam’s BJP government brought National Register of Citizens (NRC) in the state and nearly 40 lakh illegal immigrants were identified.
Amit Shah’s comments came after Maharashtra police arrested five human rights activists late last month for their alleged links with Maoists.
After arriving at the Swami Vivekananda Airport in Raipur, Shah will directly reach the Shadhani Darbar where he would participate in a programme organised by Sindhi community.
Lok Sabha elections 2019:Besides Shah and Kumar, BJP's Bhupender Yadav and poll strategist Prashant Kishor, who recently joined the party, were also present in the meeting held at BJP chief's residence. The meeting lasted about 30 minutes.
Parrikar, suffering from advanced pancreatic cancer, has been in and out of hospitals in Goa, Mumbai, New York and now Delhi since February, when his illness was diagnosed.
The Union Cabinet approved Wednesday an ordinance to ban the practice of instant triple talaq, with Law Minister saying there was a "compelling necessity" to bring the measure as instances of 'talaq-e-biddat' continued unabated despite the SC striking it down.
Shah lauded Rajasthan for playing an important role in formation of the Modi government at the Centre with a huge majority. The BJP won all 25 Lok Sabha seats from the state in the 2014 general elections.
Amit Shah was well aware that people in the state shall never vote for her, former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot told the media.
Addressing BJP workers at an event in industrial city Bhilwara, Shah asked them to work hard at booth level, saying elections cannot be won only through achievements of the government and it was an election of party workers rather than just of any minister or chief minister.
While the Union government has asserted that it will not cut fuel prices, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah has claimed that the "Centre will soon arrest fuel prices", said Chidambaram in a tweet.
Rajasthan is slated to go for polls later this year.
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