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: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today described as a "think tank" the recent meeting between RSS and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Cabinet colleagues and made it clear that no appraisal was made
New Delhi: The BJP Parliamentary Board will soon take a decision on whether to project someone as chief ministerial candidate in poll-bound Bihar, senior party leader Rajnath Singh said today."Our Parliamentary Board will decide whether
Mumbai: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today tore into Pakistan for fomenting terrorism on Indian soil by sending terrorists here while observing that the dreaded extremist outfit IS is not a "big challenge" and that
Pune: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today assured to resolve all visa problems of foreign students studying in India and appealed to Indian youths not to discriminate against those who come from abroad for education.Addressing
Pune: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today rejected the opposition charges that the RSS was running the government and said he and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are 'Sayamsevaks' of the saffron fountainhead and no one should
New Delhi: In the wake of violence in Manipur, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today called up Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh, who briefed him about the prevailing situation in the northeastern state.The Home Minister assured
New Delhi: A delegation of ex-servicemen today met Home Minister Rajnath Singh and urged him to impress upon the government to implement the 'One Rank, One Pension' (OROP) scheme as early as possible.The delegation gave
New Delhi: Representatives of ex-servicemen on Tuesday said they were trying to meet Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar to discuss the One Rank One Pension (OROP) issue.The veterans met Army chief
New Delhi: A high-level dinner meeting was today held at Home Minister Rajnath Singh's house which was attended by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, NSA Ajit Doval and senior RSS leaders.There was no official word on
New Delhi: Acknowledging the role of previous governments in the peace process in Nagaland, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hoped that the successful talks with the NSCN-IM will pave the way for development in
Lucknow/New Delhi: Hitting out at Pakistan a day after it called off the Indo-Pak NSA-level talks, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said if Pakistan was so keen on raising the Kashmir issue, why didn't
Lucknow: Advocating the promotion of Sanskrit, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said even foreign scholars have considered it to be one of the most scientific of languages."There is no other language which provides answers
Lucknow: Cancellation of NSA talks by Pakistan is “unfortunate”, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said here today and made it clear that the possibility of any future dialogue will depend on the neighbour. He underlined
Lucknow: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh yesterday termed as "painful" washout of monsoon session of Parliament and said due to which important legislations could not be passed and expected boom in economy could not be
Lucknow: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said terrorism was a major concern not only for India alone, but for the entire international community. “I don't think that there are two different views on this issue.
Lucknow: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said here on Saturday that the government had specific information about Mumbai blasts accused Dawood Ibrahim's presence in Pakistan.He said India had made its stand on terrorism plain and clear
Lucknow: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said India "sticks to its stand" that dialogue must be held only on terrorism at the Indo-Pak NSA-level talks, which are under a cloud over the issue of Kashmiri
Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam further deteriorated with rains continued in most parts of the state and neigbouring Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Bhutan.More than 7 lakh people across 19 districts of the state have
India toughens stand, cancels NSA-level talksNew Delhi: India today hinted that it may call off NSA level talks if Pakistan tries to impose new conditions for the discussion to be held on Sunday.MEA spokesperson Vikas
Lucknow: India today asserted that it sticks to the commitment between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif in Ufa to engage in a substantive discussion on terrorism.Speaking at an event here,
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