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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Fatehpur (UP), Jul 12: BJP leader Rajnath Singh today demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the wake of Kalka Mail accident which killed 69 persons and left 249 injured.Singh, who visited a
New Delhi, May 28: With her remarks on Arun Jaitley regarding Reddy brothers threatening to snowball into a major row, BJP President Nitin Gadkari today stepped in to virtually snub Sushma Swaraj saying any debate
Meerut, Apr 24 : Putting speculations to rest that Rajnath Singh will become the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh if BJP wins the next year Assembly polls, the senior party leader said anyone but him
Deoband (UP), Mar 27: BJP leader Rajnath Singh today warned the Mayawati government against using force to crush protests by political parties and farmers."The state government is using force against the farmers protesting against inadequate
Kanpur, Dec 12 (PTI) Alleging a conspiracy behind Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh's remarks on slain Mumbai ATS chief Hemant Karkare, senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh today asked the Congress to clarify its position. "If
New Delhi, Sep 27 (PTI) Former BJP chief Rajnath Singh today wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh requesting him that "azaan" and other such religious representations should not be a part of background score at
Lucknow: Former BJP president Rajnath Singh on Sunday said the party remains committed to construct a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya but refused to elaborate on the issue before the court's verdict in the Ram
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