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: Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal today met Union Minister of Home Affairs Rajnath Singh and said there is an absence of synergy between Central Government, Delhi Government and Police and
New Delhi: Appealing against any “intolerance” arising between communities, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today disapproved of politics in the name of religion and said that nobody should be discriminated against on the basis of
New Delhi: Government today deferred a decision on convening the Winter session of Parliament till next week, amid indications that it could be summoned any day after November 19.“The Winter session of Parliament is likely
New Delhi: Delhi government today took up with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh its demand for an inquiry into the transfer of VAT Commissioner Vijay Kumar as it alleged that Lt Governor Najeeb Jung did
Kathmandu: The Nepal government today formed a team for holding a dialogue with the agitating Madhesi community, headed by Deputy Prime Minister Kamal Thapa who has just returned from India after parleys with Indian leaders,
New Delhi: Nepal's Deputy Prime Minister Kamal Thapa today met Home Minister Rajnath Singh and discussed with him the situation in that country in the wake of "blockade" by Madhesi parties which are protesting against
New Delhi: A Sikh terrorist serving a life sentence under TADA has been pardoned by the central government and ordered to be released from jail. Waryam Singh was ordered to be released by Home Minister
Lucknow: Amid intense blame game over the Dadri lynching incident, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said law and order is the prime responsibility of the state and the Constitution does not permit the Centre
Karakat/Nabinagar: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today accused RJD supremo Lalu Prasad of raising the issue of beef consumption by Hindus only to divert public attention from more pressing matters like "failure" of governance and
New Delhi : Strongest possible action will be taken against those who try to disrupt communal harmony in the country, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today, days after a man was lynched in UP's Dadri
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today termed "unfortunate" the lynching of a man over beef rumours in Uttar Pradesh's Dadri and appealed to the people to maintain communal harmony."It was an unfortunate incident.
Varanasi/New Delhi: 50 persons were arrested here after violence and arson broke out on Monday during a march by seers and other local leaders against police action on protesters opposing ban on immersion of Ganesha
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today termed the lynching of a man in Dadri over rumour of eating beef eating as "unfortunate" and said it should not be given any "communal colour". "It was
Lucknow: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today claimed that the country was safe under the Narendra Modi government, adding there was a significant drop in infiltration attempts across the Indo-Pakistan border in the past one
Lucknow: Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said the central government was not giving any presentations or report card to the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) as reported in some sections of the media.Taking part in
New Delhi: In the wake of repeated ceasefire violations, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today blamed Pakistan for waging a proxy terror war against India.He also noted that India's borders with Pakistan and China are "very
Mathura: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today described unemployment among youth as a "big challenge" and said that the BJP government at the Centre was working to provide jobs "even to person who is last
PM Modi arrives in New York todayPrime Minister Narendra Modi is in New York on September 24 and 25 to address the UN summit on Sustainable Development. On September 26 and 27, he will be
PM Modi leaves for seven-day tour to Ireland and USANew Delhi: PM Narendra Modi left for two-nation (Ireland and USA) tour early today morning. PM will hold talks with Enda Kenny,the Taoiseach of Ireland. He
New Delhi: Tackling child pornography and online abuse will be the top priority of a highly sophisticated centre to be set up by the government to deal with cyber crime.The initiative comes after an expert
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