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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New Delhi: With Gujarat on the boil following the assault on a group of Dalits for allegedly skinning the flesh of a dead cow in the state's Una district, Union Home minister Rajnath Singh today
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken cognizance of the Una incident and condemned the attack on Dalits as soon as he got to know about it.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said in Lok Sabha that Congress itself is to blame for political instability in states like Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh.
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New Delhi: As the curfew continued for the 10th consecutive day in Kashmir, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday accused Pakistan of sponsoring unrest in the Valley. Responding to the questions raised by opposition
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Kashmir continued to be on the boil with five more people, including a cop, getting killed in violence today, raising the death toll to 20.
Union Home mInister Rajnath Singh today said that it’s narco-business that generates funds which is used in narco-terrorism.
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said that speeches of controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik were being examined by the government and appropriate action will be taken. Zakir Naik is under the
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, who came under fire after a video that showing him sharing dais with controversial preacher Zakir Naik, today hit back at BJP raking up the issue of Rajnath
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) today sounded high alert in states bordering that country, including West Bengal, Tripura and Assam after the terror attack in Dhaka.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today visited the Amarnath Cave Shrine in Anantnag district of south Kashmir to take part in the traditional Puja and 'Darshan'.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today reviewed the internal security situation in the country and took stock of the steps being taken on how to improve the situation, especially in northeastern states and Jammu and Kashmir.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh is likely to travel to Pakistan in August to attend the SAARC Home Interior/Home Ministers' conference.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will visit Jammu and Kashmir on Friday to review the security scenario in the state as well as arrangements for Amarnath Yatra.
New Delhi: Assuring the victims of 1984 anti-Sikh riots that justice will be ensured for one and all, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said a Special Investigation Team (SIT), after reviewing 286 cases, has
Rachi: In the wake of terrorist attack on a CRPF convoy in Kashmir, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said that India would win against terrorism and no power could stop it from achieving the
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