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 MoreHome Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday ruled out withdrawal of Assam Rifles from Indo-Myanmar border and its replacement with another paramilitary force, saying no such decision has been taken yet.
Centre ready for talks if insurgents give up violence: Rajnath Singh
Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday asserted that the BJP was open to political opposition but will never tolerate any anti-national thought process.
Putting to rest the controversy over the number of terrorists who attacked the Pathankot IAF base, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday told the Lok Sabha that forensic report has confirmed there were 6 terrorists involved in the attack tha
Union Home Ministry today said that the law on sedition is under review of the Law Commission and that the panel has been asked to submit the report at the earliest.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has initiated a probe into the missing files related to the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case.
New Delhi: After a productive last week, the government is pinning hope on last three days of first part of of Parliament’s budget session as it plans to push for the passage of some key
The suspense over Pakistan’s participation in the T20 World Cup 2016 has finally been unveiled with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif giving green signal to its national cricket team to fly to India.
In the backdrop of Pakistan demanding a written assurance from India to provide adequate security to their cricket teams, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today reiterated his government’s commitment that ‘anyone coming to India will be provided ad
Haryana government expected a solution to the Jat quota issue to emerge out of the talks with community leaders but the protests took a violent turn.
New Delhi: India remained on high alert owing to a terror threat on 'Maha Shivratri' today as temples and strategic places were under tight vigil amid inputs that 10 LeT and JeM terrorists have entered India
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday reviewed the internal security situation in the country in the wake of inputs that 10 suspected LeT and JeM terrorists have entered India from Pakistan through Gujarat.At
New Delhi: A case was registered against AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan on the charge of delivering a hate speech, using derogatory words against the Centre and inciting communal passion, the Delhi Police said on Friday.The
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has distanced his government from those ‘worshiping' Nathuram Godse, the man who killed Mahatma Gandhi on January 30, 1948. Replying to a question in the Rajya Sabha on
Bareilly (UP): Amid a raging row over 'anti-national' activities, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said that a befitting reply will be given if any attempt is made to divide the country or anti-India slogans
New Delhi: Opposition Trinamool Congress today took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi claiming he was suffering from the "silence syndrome" that had hit his predecessor Manmohan Singh and was facing the problem of
New Delhi: Amid raging controversy over JNU, Home Minister Rajnath Singh tonight assured the Lok Sabha that no innocent student will be harassed and said the issue of sedition charge slapped against some students should
Bahraich/ Balrampur(UP): BJP president Amit Shah today flayed successive BSP and Samajwadi Party governments of Uttar Pradesh for indulging in casteist politics and promised that if voted to power his party will ensure the development
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today announced that a high-powered committee headed by Venkaiah Naidu has been set up to look into the demand of the Jats for reservation in central government jobs.Singh
Chandigarh/New Delhi: At least 12 people have been killed and 150 injured in violence linked to the pro-quota agitation by the Jat community in Haryana, the state's Director General of Police (DGP) Y.P. Singhal said today.Thousands
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