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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Home minister Rajnath Singh will hold an internal security meeting in New Delhi.
With Raj Thackeray led Maharshtra Navnirman Sena threatening to vandalise theatres screening Ae Dil Hai Mushkil ahead of its scheduled Diwlali release, Film's director Karan Johar will meet Home Minister Rajnath Singh in the capital
Rajnath Singh on Monday said that Pakistan has taken itself into a corner by adopting terrorism.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today launched a blistering attack on Pakistan and accused it of pursuing terrorism as state policy.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday reviewed the security situation in the country, particularly in Jammu and Kashmir at a high-level meeting in New Delhi.
Sending out yet another strong message to Pakistan, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said that those provoking India will not be spared.
The stage is set for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the historic Ram Leela in Aishbagh area of the old city here on the occasion of Dussehra today.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said that his government made efforts to improve relations with Pakistan, but there has been no reciprocation from Islamabad.
Assessing security on border with Pakistan in the wake of series of terror attacks, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said India will "not count the bullets" if attacked. On the second day of
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will review the security situation with border State Chief Ministers and Home Ministers in Jaisalmer today. Chief Ministers and Home Ministers of Jammu Kashmir, Punjab, Gujarat and Rajasthan are
A week after the black money disclosure window was closed, India today sought enhance cooperation from Switzerland and asked it to provide information on people stashing illegal money in that country.
Dismissing all speculations over whether India actually carried out surgical strikes against Pakistan or not, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said that the Narendra Modi government would "never let India bow its head in shame".
Appreciating soldiers for their continuous efforts to neutralise terror attempts, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said the Indian Army is giving a "befitting reply" to the terrorists as well as to continuous ceasefire violations along
With Pakistan dismissing Indian claim of surgical strike and going overboard to prove it, the Modi government may take a decision soon on releasing "clinching evidence" of the army operation on terror launchpads based in
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today held separate meetings with the chiefs of important central security forces including National Security Guard (NSG) and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said that the government was making all efforts to secure the freedom of the Indian Army jawan in Pakistani captivity.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today chaired an all-party meet here and briefed them about the situation in the wake of India Army’s surgical strike targeting terror launchpads in PoK.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh today called upon a review meeting in the wake of Uri terror attack and discussed expected efforts by Pakistan to internationalise the Kashmir problem using Kashmiri diaspora. In the meeting which
Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said Pakistan is a terrorist state and it should be identified and isolated as such.
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