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.
Read MoreSrinagar, June 2: BJP leader Rajnath Singh, who is heading a party delegation on a study tour of Jammu and Kashmir, today said there were complaints of rampant corruption in the state and his team
Srinagar, June 2: BJP today said the party is in no hurry to name its prime ministerial candidate for 2014 Lok Sabha elections.“We still have two years to go for the next general elections. What
Bangalore, May 21:Joining issue with senior party leader Rajnath Singh over his “no vacancy” comment, beleaguered BJP Karnataka strongman B S Yeddyurappa today said his comments were “unwarranted” and maintained that he had never clamoured
New Delhi, May 9 : Following is the timeline of major air crashes involving chief ministers and other VVIPs in India during the past several years: · April 30, 2011, Arunachal Pradesh CM Dorji Khandu,
Lucknow, Mar 6: Former BJP President Rajnath Singh today ruled out truck with any party for forming government in Uttar Pradesh.“There is no question of going with any party in Uttar Pradesh to form an
Ghaziabad, Feb 26 : Hitting out at SP, BSP and Congress, BJP leader Rajnath Singh today said these parties have lost faith of public.All these three parties are indulging in corruption and have lost faith
Panaji, Feb 23: Senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh today claimed that his party was the front-runner in the elections in five states, including Goa.Singh said the common man was fed up with Congress, and BJP
Bulandshahr, Feb 23 : BJP leader Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said that the party's decision to support Mayawati as a Chief Ministerial candidate in 2007 was their “biggest mistake.” At that time, the Samajwadi Party
Ambedkar Nagar/Azamgarh (UP), Feb 6: If Congress leader Rahul Gandhi knew that BSP's “elephant was eating money” what steps did he take to check the practice, BJP leader Rajnath Singh today asked.“I want to know
Lucknow, Feb 5: Taking a dig at Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi visiting villages, former BJP national president Rajnath Singh today said for leaders of his party doing that was not a “picnic” but part
New Delhi, Jan 29 : Former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad's fourth daughter Ragini on Saturday tied the nuptial knot with the son of a Samjawadi Party MLA who recently joined Congress.Vice President Hamid Ansari, senior
New Delhi, Jan 16: Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh today alleged that Kamran Siddiqui, the man who threw black ink on Swami Ramdev, worked as an election agent for BJP leader Rajnath Singh in the
New Delhi, Jan 16 : A day after black ink was thrown at Ramdev's face, Congress and BJP on Sunday found themselves in a difficult situation with private TV channels airing pictures of his attacker
Maharajganj (UP) Nov 12: BJP leader Rajnath Singh today said Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's idea to split the state into four parts is an attempt to “divert the attention of people from her government's
Ghaziabad, Nov 1: Former BJP president and local MP Rajnath Singh today said Home Minister P Chidambaram could have prevented the 2G scam as he was the finance minister when the spectrum allocations were made.Talking
Sahranpur (UP), Oct 18: Senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh has said the Hisar bypoll result is an indication that Congress' public support is waning.“The public wants riddance from price rise, corruption and bad governance and
Agra, Oct 14: Ruling out any tie-up ahead of the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh today said the party would go it alone in the polls where it will highlight
New Delhi, Sep 16: Slamming the increase in petrol prices, BJP leader Rajnath Singh today alleged that it was a fallout of the government's “direction-less” economic policy. Singh said that “the repeated increase in prices
Lucknow, Sept 11: Maintaining that outgoing Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank will have an effective role to play in the party, senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh today said change of guard was part of
Bangalore, Jul 30 : Karnataka Chief Minister B SYeddyurappa today met BJP central leaders Arun Jaitley and Rajnath Singh, who continued to exert pressure on him to quit and facilitate smooth election of his successor.
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