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 More"This decision taken by Modiji will not only lighten the burden on the pocket of the common man but will also prove to be a great help in controlling inflation," Rajnath Singh further said.
The DAC on Tuesday also approved "mid-life upgradation of Dornier aircraft" by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited to increase the naval capacity of maritime reconnaissance and coastal surveillance.
Since October 11, the Indian Army is conducting a massive search operation to track down hiding terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's twin border districts of Poonch and Rajouri.
Speaking at length about the last two decades of Modi's political journey, Singh said, "A true leadership is identified by its intent and integrity and in both cases, Modiji is 24-carat gold. There is not a single stain of corruption on him even after being the head of a government for 20 years."
On Oct 7, PM Narendra Modi, who is currently serving his 2nd term as the Prime Minister, has completed two decades in public office.
These seven new defence companies will have 66 firm contracts worth Rs 65,000 crore from the three services and paramilitary forces.
I came to meet Bhulai Bhai. Probably, he is the oldest among all the BJP workers of the time of Jan Sangh in the country. His age is 107 years. In 1977, when I was an MLA, he was also an MLA. Had a very good meeting with him at UP Bhavan, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said.
Closing address of the webinar will be delivered by Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee Air Marshal BR Krishna.
Asaduddin Owaisi said that the BJP will soon declare Veer Savarkar as 'the father of the nation'.
Rajnath Singh said that Veer Savarkar's commitment for freedom was so strong that the British sentenced him to life imprisonment twice.
BJP is expecting to reach out to voters of every village through the yatra to honour the families who have lost their members in service of the nation.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will proceed to Lakshadweep and Minicoy Islands after the event at SNC.
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday as to why some people demand Khalistan when the entire Hindustan belongs to them. Singh made the comments while he was at the launch of a book titled 'Shining Sikh Youth of India'.
This visit will attempt to advance Australia's relationship with their close friends and strategic partners in the Indo-Pacific region.
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday inaugurated a 3-km-long emergency landing strip on National Highway 925 for the IAF aircraft.
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has developed a 3-km section of Satta-Gandhav stretch of NH-925A, as an Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) for the Indian Air Force.
This project will improve connectivity between villages of Barmer and Jalore districts located on the international border, a statement said.
Sources said the ongoing situation in Afghanistan figured in the meeting among other important matters.
The parts of the 12 national highways that will be used as airstrips are being identified and prepared by the IAF.
The Taliban took control of Afghanistan on August 15, capturing all major cities in a matter of days, two weeks before the US was set to complete its troop withdrawal after a vexatious two-decade war.
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