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 MoreThe 90,000-personnel strong ITBP is tasked with guarding the 3,488km long Sino-India border across five states starting from Jammu and Kashmir to Arunachal Pradesh.
Rajnath Singh stressed the requirement of diplomatic efforts in managing disasters arising out of floods and sought help from neighbouring countries for sharing Hydrological data on rivers.
In a bid to modernise police forces, fight terrorism and reinforce the law and order mechanism, the Centre on Wednesday approved a Rs 25,000-crore scheme for internal security
The Eastern Command also clarified that Army had not crossed the international border and that it was ‘not a surgical strike’.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh told reporters after a meeting of the Union Cabinet that Rs 25,060 crore have been earmarked for police modernisation for three fiscal years till 2019-20.
The indefinite strike called by the GJM has continued since June 12 though its rebel leader Binay Tamang had announced suspension of the bandh.
Swaraj accused Pakistan of waging a war against India and said a country that has been the world's greatest exporter of havoc, death and inhumanity became a champion of hypocrisy by preaching about humanity from this podium.
The Centre today told the Supreme Court that Rohingya Muslims were "illegal" immigrants in the country and that their continuous stay posed "serious national security ramifications".
Rajnath Singh said Pakistan was continuing its attempts to destabilise India by sending terrorists.
Home Minster Rajnath Singh today said that the entire country is expected to be open defecation free by October, 2019.
Hindi Divas was first celebrated on September 14, 1949 – the day the Constituent Assembly of India adopted Hindi written in Devanagari script as the official language of the Republic of India.
Rajnath Singh on Monday assured people living in border areas of the Jammu region that India was taking steps to ensure Pakistan was forced to stop firing
Home Minister Rajnath Singh said the government will not go against the sentiments of people while taking a stand on Article 35A
The attack came as Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh is on a four-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir.
Officials said that the Union Home Minister began his visit by meeting state Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti in the Nehru Guest House in Srinagar.
During his four-day visit, the Home Minister will travel to Srinagar, Anantnag, Jammu and Rajouri and meet civil society members, leaders of political and social outfits, business leaders and others.
Rajnath Singh will embark on a four-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir tomorrow. He will accompanied by newly-appointed Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba and senior MHA officials.
Rajnath Singh on Thursday lamented the "delay" in supply of weapons and critical equipment to the CRPF by the defence ministry and said there was a need to develop a framework involving defence PSUs to address the issue
Lucknow on Tuesday joined the list of cities that offer Metro train services after Union Minister Rajnath Singh and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath flagged off the maiden run of the Lucknow Metro
Rajnath Singh said that teams of the National Disaster Response Force have already reached Mumbai for rescue and relief ops.
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