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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Rajnath Singh directed the central agencies to monitor the situation and apprise him regularly. He is also expected to brief Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the situation.
China said today that the only way to end the standoff in Doklam was for India to unconditionally withdraw its troops from the area, a day after Home Minister Rajnath Singh hoped Beijing would soon make a "positive" move
Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said he was hopeful that China will soon make a positive move to initiate a dialogue to end the military standoff in Doklam region.
Incidents of stone-throwing have reduced in Jammu and Kashmir due to the role of the counter-terror agency, National Investigation Agency or NIA, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today
Rajnath Singh asserted that by 2022, a solution would be found to the Kashmir problem as also other problems like terrorism, naxalism and North East insurgency.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh today appealed to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to initiate dialogue with all stakeholders to end the agitation in Darjeeling
The conclave which began with Defence Minister Arun Jaitley's session on India's defence preparedness ended with Home Minister Rajnath Singh's list of achievements against terror forces in different parts of the country.
Rajnath Singh exuded confidence that Indian Muslims will never let the ISIS gain foothold in the country.
Rajnath Singh said that the government was working to find a permanent solution to the Kashmir problem and all steps taken by the Centre have been in that direction only.
Top minds get together at India TV's mega conclave, 'Vande Mataram' to discuss ways to counter terrorism, analyse its its impact and the possible means to deal with the threat in the Valley
The Home minister said the nation as well as the House want to know what Rahul Gandhi wants to hide by not taking SPG protection along, when he left India on six occasions totalling 72 days
After Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has also raised concerns over China with the Centre, accusing the neighbouring country of interfering in the state
Syed Ahmed Bukhari has written to Rajnath Singh, urging him to take steps to ensure that those ferrying buffaloes and goats for sacrifice on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha are not attacked.
The meeting was also attended by Jaitley, Doval and Jaishankar. Sources said that Jaishankar gave two detailed presentations on the prevailing situation along the Sino-Indian border and J&K.
Rajnath Singh and BJP President Amit Shah were also present in the meeting.
The decision to address the meeting was taken after the nation was hounded on both sides, by Pakistan and China.
In an unusual rebuttal to an online troll, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today asserted that all Kashmiris were not terrorists and said it was his job to ensure peace and tranquillity in all parts of the country
Saluting the people of Jammu and Kashmir for their unambiguous stand on killing of Amarnath yatris, Rajnath Singh said that the clear stand taken by the Kashmiris has boosted his morale in fighting terrorists.
The meeting will be attended by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, top officials of the home ministry, intelligence agencies and central paramilitary forces.
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