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 to visit China to strengthen security co-operationBeijing: Home Minister Rajnath Singh will arrive in China today on a five-day visit for talks on a host of issues including combating cross-border terrorism as the
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said that India is alert to the threat posed by terrorist group Islamic State.Speaking to media on the sidelines of a function here, the Minister said that
Holiday on 'Chhath' in UP today; public offs touch 40 markLucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has declared public holiday today on the occasion of 'Chhath', a festival popular in eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, taking
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today condemned the terror attacks in Paris and said India stands firmly behind the people of France in this difficult hour. In a statement, the Home Minister said he
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh will undertake a five-day visit to China beginning November 19 during which issues like incursion along the border and smuggling of Chinese arms into militants in the Northeast are
New Delhi:Home Minister Rajnath Singh today called on visiting Bhutan Prime Minister Lyonchhen Tshering and discussed with him various bilateral issues. During the meeting here, the Home Minister conveyed India's gratitude to the Bhutanese government
Nagpur: Senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari said today that the BJP central leadership is discussing with the party's veterans the issues raised by them about the party's unsatisfactory performance in Bihar polls and denied that
Patna/New Delhi: Post-Bihar rumblings in BJP continued today with disgruntled party leaders Shatrughan Sinha and vocal party MP Bhola Singh from the state both demanding fixing of responsibility for the poll debacle.The MPs appeared unfazed
New Delhi: Opinion in the top echelons of BJP remained divided on whether action should be taken against senior party leaders who have attacked Narendra Modi-Amit Shah duo over the Bihar poll debacle with Home
New Delhi: India wants cordial relations with Pakistan and Nepal and will do everything to further improve ties with its neighbours, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today."Pakistan is our neighbouring country. We want very cordial
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today appeared to be distancing himself from the sudden curtailment of the tenure of former Home Secretary L C Goyal, saying "please ask the Prime Minister".Goyal, a 1979-batch IAS
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today rejected suggestions that RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's quota review remark had a negative impact on NDA's poll prospects in Bihar and said social equations of the 'Grand Alliance'
New Delhi: Ahead of Bihar assembly poll results today, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh met RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat at the Sangh's 'Keshav Kunj' office in Jhandewala here.The Home Minister drove down to the RSS
New Delhi: The Centre is committed to provide the Rs 1.25-lakh-crore economic package announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for Bihar, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today as he congratulated Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said he has invited intellectuals for discussion in the wake of returning of awards by many of them claiming “growing intolerance” in the country. “I still don't know
New Delhi: With 70 per cent increase in cases of cyber crime, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Inaugurating an information security conference -- 'Ground Zero Summit-2015' here, the Home Minister said 'cyber terrorism' is a
New Delhi: Cyber crime has become a big threat for the country as various disruptive forces are trying to lure and mislead young minds over the internet, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today.Inaugurating an information
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh is an "object of pity" in the Narendra Modi dispensation as PMO runs the government and as no important file goes to him he should quit if he
Haridwar: Opposition BJP in Uttarakhand has asked the Centre to order a CBI probe into the alleged relief scam and the sting CD episode in which Chief Minister Harish Rawat's erstwhile secretary was purportedly shown
New Delhi: In the wake of the recent controversial remarks by Union Ministers VK Singh and Kiren Rijiju, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today asked his Cabinet colleagues to be extra cautious before making public statements."Both
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