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Rajnath Singh

Rajnath Singh

Height: 1.75 m DOB: July 10, 1951

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 rules out withdrawal of Assam Rifles from Indo-Myanmar border

Politics | Mar 22, 2016, 06:29 PM IST

Home 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.

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Centre ready for talks if insurgents give up violence: Rajnath Singh

Politics | Mar 21, 2016, 06:41 PM IST

Centre ready for talks if insurgents give up violence: Rajnath Singh

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BJP won't tolerate anti-nationalism: Rajnath

Politics | Mar 20, 2016, 09:32 PM IST

Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday asserted that the BJP was open to political opposition but will never tolerate any anti-national thought process.

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6 terrorists were involved in Pathankot IAF base attack: Rajnath Singh

Politics | Mar 17, 2016, 10:18 AM IST

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

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Sedition law under review of Law Commission: Govt

Politics | Mar 16, 2016, 06:28 PM IST

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.

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MHA launches probe into missing files in Ishrat Jahan encounter case

India | Mar 14, 2016, 05:06 PM IST

The Ministry of Home Affairs has initiated a probe into the missing files related to the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case.

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Centre to push for passage of key Bills, may target Congress for RSS-IS remarks

Politics | Mar 14, 2016, 07:23 PM IST

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

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Nawaz Sharif gives green signal for Pakistan’s participation in World T20

Cricket | Mar 11, 2016, 05:46 PM IST

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.

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World T20: Committed to provide full security to Pak teams, says Rajnath

Cricket | Mar 11, 2016, 05:45 PM IST

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

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Haryana govt expected solution to Jat issue through talks: Rajnath Singh

Politics | Mar 09, 2016, 04:26 PM IST

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.

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India on high alert owing to terror threat on 'Maha Shivratri'

India | Mar 07, 2016, 06:51 PM IST

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

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Rajnath Singh reviews security situation after terror inputs

Politics | Mar 07, 2016, 03:02 PM IST

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

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FIR against Delhi AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan over hate speech

India | Mar 04, 2016, 04:22 PM IST

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

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Punish those worshiping Nathuram Godse, Rajnath Singh tells states

Politics | Mar 04, 2016, 09:26 AM IST

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

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Befitting reply will be given if any attempt made to divide India: Rajnath

Politics | Feb 28, 2016, 08:09 PM IST

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

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Narendra Modi suffering from 'maunibaba syndrome' like Manmohan Singh: Trinamool Congress

Politics | Feb 26, 2016, 04:44 PM IST

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

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Rajnath Singh on JNU row: No innocent student will be harassed

Politics | Feb 24, 2016, 11:22 PM IST

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

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If BJP voted to power in UP it will ensure development of state: Amit Shah

Politics | Feb 24, 2016, 11:10 PM IST

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

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Jat row: Govt sets up committee to look into reservation demand

India | Feb 22, 2016, 07:02 AM IST

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

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12 killed, 150 injured in Haryana violence: Police

India | Feb 21, 2016, 10:14 PM IST

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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