Rajnath Singh is the senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and has been the Defence Minister of India since 2019. Singh also served as the Union Home Minister in the Narendra Modi government from 2014 to 2019. Rajnath Singh was the president of the BJP twice from 2005 to 2009 and again from 2013 to 2014. He has been a Lok Sabha member from the Lucknow constituency of Uttar Pradesh for the last two terms. In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Singh won the Lucknow seat by defeating Congress candidate Rita Bahuguna Joshi with a margin of 2,72,749 votes. In the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, Singh retained the Lucknow constituency by defeating Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate Poonam Shatrughan Sinha with a margin of 3,47,302 votes. Rajnath Singh also represented the Ghaziabad parliamentary seat from 2009 to 2014. Singh was the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister from 2000 to 2002 and also won the Haidergarh Assembly constituency twice in 2001 (bypoll) and 2002. He was also a member of Rajya Sabha from 1994 to 2001 and again from 2002 to 2008. Singh also served as the Union Cabinet Minister for Agriculture (2003-2004) and Road Transport and Highways (1999-2000) in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA government. Rajnath Singh is again contesting from the Lucknow constituency in the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections 2024.
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New Delhi, Mar 13: Rollback of FDI in multi-brand retail will be the top priority of NDA coalition if it is voted to power in the next general elections, BJP President Rajnath Singh said here
Kolkata, March 12: BJP president Rajnath Singh on Monday said the country needed a 'realistic PM' to understand the feelings of the people rather than an 'economist PM' who was not bothered about inflation, and
Kolkata, March 12: BJP president Rajnath Singh Monday said that though Narendra Modi's popularity could not be denied, the party would decide if the Gujarat chief minister would be its prime ministerial candidate."It will be
Kolkata, March 11: Slamming the government over hosting a lunch for Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf during his private visit to India, BJP president Rajnath Singh Monday demanded that diplomatic relations with the neighbouring
Mumbai, March 11: The BJP Sunday cancelled a function where party chief Rajnath Singh and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi were to be felicitated, a party official said.Singh was due to be felicitated by Mumbai's
Lucknow, Feb 5: A group of UP government employees opposing reservation in promotions today asked BJP and Congress to clarify their stands over the issue. The Sarvjan Hitay Sanrakshan Samiti plans to hand over memorandums
Itanagar, Jan 24: Arunachal Pradesh unit of BJP today hailed the election of Rajnath Singh as the party president and expressed confidence in his leadership and focused attention.During a meeting chaired by vice-president Padmeswari Jamoh
New Delhi, Jan 23: Senior BJP leader L.K. Advani Wednesday said newly-elected party president Rajnath Singh's biggest responsibility would be to ensure that immoral acts are not tolerated and that the task ahead for the
Lucknow, Jan 23: Does Rajnath Singh, a physics lecturer-turned-politician now in his second innings as the BJP president, carry the magical potion for his party ahead of the Lok Sabha polls?After the former Uttar Pradesh
New Delhi, Jan 23: Newly-elected Bharatiya Janata Party chief Rajnath Singh Wednesday defended his predecessor Nitin Gadkari, saying the "baseless allegations" against him made him decide against opting for a second term."The circumstances in which
New Delhi, Jan 23: Rajnath Singh, who was elected President of BJP today, finds himself in the familiar role of leading the party at a time when the party is dogged by factional feud and
New Delhi, Jan 23: Pitchforked by circumstances, senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh was today unanimously elected party president but he faces the immediate challenge of tackling internal feuds and repairing the damage caused by allegations
New Delhi, Jan 23: Former Bharatiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh is all set for another stint in office after he filed his nomination here Wednesday morning.Rajnath Singh and incumbent Nitin Gadkari arrived at the
New Delhi, Jan 23: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday congratulated BJP leader Rajnath Singh who is likely to become party president, and said the party would "gain from this" move."I called up Shri Rajnath
New Delhi, Jan 22: Outgoing BJP president Nitin Gadkari tonight said he was opting out of the race for president post as he did not want allegations against him should adversely affect the interests of
New Delhi, Jan 22: After two days of hectic political lobbying by senior BJP leaders, the RSS finally relented on Tuesday marking the exit of Nitin Gadkari as BJP president.The BJP central parliamentary board will
Mathura (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 15: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Bharatiya Janata Party leaders Monday visited the family of Lance Naik Hemraj, who was killed by Pakistani troops near the Line of Control
New Delhi, Jan 13: Former BJP president Rajnath Singh Saturday said India should recall its high commissioner to Pakistan and scale down the level of diplomatic ties after Pakistani soldiers killed and beheaded two Indian
Sultanpur (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 6: BJP leader Rajnath Singh on Saturday said there is no race in the party for the prime minister's post, but acknowledged that Narendra Modi, who came to power in Gujarat
Sultanpur (UP), Jan 5: BJP leader Rajnath Singh today said there is no race in the party for PM's post, but acknowledged that Narendra Modi, who came to power in Gujarat for the straight third
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