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 MoreThe BJP on its own comfortably managed an absolute majority with its candidates won in 35 constituencies while its ally, the (IPFT), has wrested eight seats.
The BJP wrested Tripura, the last Left bastion, and received invitation to be part of the government in Nagaland, while Meghalaya elected a hung Assembly.
Terming the party's victory in Tripura as "historic", Amit Shah said the people of northeast have put their seal of approval on the policies of the Prime Minister.
It is the victory Modi Government's achievements at the centre and the strategies and election management of party president Amit Shah and hard work of party workers, Yogi Adityanath said.
A jubilant Amit Shah said the BJP's golden era would be when its wrests West Bengal, Odisha and Karnataka from rival parties.
The 'Bengaluru Rakshisi Padayatre' that will criss-cross the city till March 15 is aimed at "reviving" and "rebuilding" the city from Congress's "criminal neglect," the party said.
All BJP CMs, barring Goa CM Manohar Parrikar, and 6 deputy CMs were present in the meeting which was attended by top party leaders, including Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley besides the PM among others.
The states have been asked to present the status of implementation of central schemes targeted at the poor, and socially and economically weaker sections like Jan-Dhan, Mudra, Ujjwala, housing and others schemes.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today flayed "attempts to politicise" the Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) case with "unsubstantiated" charges against his son-in-law.
Simbhaoli Sugars Limited is one of the largest sugar mills in the country. Gurpal Singh is the son-in-law of the Punjab chief minister.
BJP President Amit Shah today said there was public anger against the ruling Congress in Karnataka and asked party workers to make sure that the victory march of Narendra Modi enters the South through the state.
Modi and Shah have held regular deliberations with the chief ministers and deputy chief ministers of the party on their overall governance.
The Congress had run the BJP close in the assembly polls, which were held in December, wining 77 seats against its 99 -- eight more than halfway mark of 91.
A host of Union ministers and former party presidents like LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi are likely to be present during the inauguration ceremony.
Amit Shah also accused the Congress leaders here of pocketing money meant for the poor for which they constructed bungalows and bought fancy cars.
Addressing the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) 'Yuva Hunkar Rally' at Pandu Pindara village in Jind district, Shah said the BJP's governance model was to ensure equal development for all.
Police and security forces have been put on alert to prevent any untoward incident taking place during the rally.
Shah assured the voters that the promises made in the party's election manifesto released yesterday would be implemented.
Justice Manmohan declared the Joint Registrar's order as infructuous and transferred the case to another bench of a single judge, who will hear the matter on February 12.
Praising Union Budget 2018, Amit Shah said it was meant to benefit the farmers and the middle class.
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