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: Congress committed a "historical blunder" by imposing the Emergency on June 25, 1975, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today, while attributing it as the "most important" reason behind "shrinking base" of the
Congress committed a "historical blunder" by imposing the Emergency on June 25, 1975, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today, while attributing it as the "most important" reason behind "shrinking base" of the party.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today asked Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to take action against those involved in attack on convoy of two central ministers in the state
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday directed authorities concerned to speed up development work in the Left Wing Extremism (LWE), or Maoist, affected areas of various states, an official statement said.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from East Delhi Maheish Girri today called off his hunger strike against Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal after Home Minister Rajnath Singh visited the site and persuaded him to do so.
Ahmedabad: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said that the purpose of setting up an inquiry panel to find the missing files related to the encounter killing of Ishrat Jahan was not to implicate anyone but
Ahemdabad: Amid reports of alleged exodus of Hindus from Kairana, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said if the information is correct, Uttar Pradesh government must take proper action. "If some people are forced to
Senior BJP leader and Home Minister Rajnath today described Congress as a "sinking ship", saying many people want to leave such a "vessel" as it has no future.
Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that while maritime terror posed a major threat to India, the country's coastline is now more secure due to a slew of initiatives taken by the government.
Rajnath Singh will chair a meeting of Home Ministers, Chief Secretaries and Directors General of Police of coastal states and Union Territories here tomorrow.
The one-man inquiry panel, set up to trace the missing files related to Ishrat Jahan encounter case today submitted its report to the Home Ministry. The panel stated that it has traced only one key document after examination of a few senior officers
Amid speculations that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may declare Home Minister Rajnath Singh as the party’s face for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, senior BJP leader and Defence Minister today said that party leadership will soon decla
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today clarified that he is not the BJP's Chief Ministerial candidate for the upcoming Assembly in the state.
In what appeared to be an attempt to win over the support of people of UP before the upcoming Assembly elections, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today expressed confidence that India will soon become an economic superpower.
Rajnath Singh today said the Centre was ready for a CBI probe into Mathura violence that claimed 29 lives, provided Uttar Pradesh government demands it.
Udaipur: Speaking highly of India, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said the nation has evolved to become the center point of global diplomacy and cannot be ignored. "India today is the center of global
Pathankot: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said the actual matter of concern has always been that of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and not of Kashmir. Addressing a rally in Pathankot, Punjab, the Minister said, "Kashmir as
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