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: In an attempt to keep the youngsters in the Jammu and Kashmir from getting misled by radical elements, the Narendra Modi government is preparing a comprehensive plan to engage the young Kashmiris in
Imphal: An all-party meet here today decided to send a delegation, headed by Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh, to meet the Prime Minister and the Union Home Minister to discuss Manipur's territorial issues. The all-party
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday credited cabinet colleague Nitin Gadkari for giving shape to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's dream project 'Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana'.Praising Gadkari, he said: "When Gadkari
New Delhi: Parents, employers and concerned people will soon get on a website information about sex offenders and others chargesheeted for crimes against women anywhere in the country as the Home Ministry is planning to
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has taken a series of proactive steps to make the country safe and secure. Overall security scenario in the country continues to remain peaceful barring stray incidents. Security situation
New Delhi: The bitter confrontation between the BJP and Congress that was witnessed in the virtually washed-out monsoon session of Parliament will now play out across the country with the NDA deciding to take out
New Delhi: Social harmony is in the DNA of NDA, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said amid escalating war of words between BJP and JD-U over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's DNA barb in Bihar and
New Delhi: The Centre is rushing Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel to Deoghar in Jharkhand for better crowd management after 11 people died due to a stampede near a temple.Making a statement in Lok Sabha
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the deaths in the stampede that took place in Jharkhand on Monday, killing at least 11 people."Pained at loss of lives due to the stampede in Jharkhand. My
New Delhi: Pension of freedom fighters has been increased by the government after introducing a hike of 218 per cent in DA in 2014-15, home minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday.In a message on the
Patna: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today publicly expressed his displeasure over senior BJP leader Ram Nath Kovind's appointment as Bihar Governor claiming that he was not consulted in the matter by the Centre as per
New Delhi: Insisting that cow should be protected, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said even the Mughals were aware of the fact that if they had to rule then an "open support to
New Delhi: Amid mounting pressure from opposition Congress, the government today sought to allay fears of neighbouring states of Nagaland by assuring them that they would be consulted before the final agreement with NSCN(IM) was
Gurdaspur (Punjab): Despite Home Minister Rajnath Singh's statement in parliament that the three terrorists who launched the attack in Dinanagar town of Punjab's Gurdaspur district on July 27 had entered India by crossing the Ravi
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today condemned the Wednesday's Udhampur terror attack and the continuous attempts by terrorists from Pakistan to vitiate the peaceful atmosphere in Jammu and Kashmir.“Preliminary inquiry reveals two terrorist
New Delhi: Heavy rains and floods continue to wreak havoc in Gujarat, West Bengal, Rajasthan and Manipur.In Gujarat, 53 people have died as heavy rain lashed northern parts of the state. 32 people have died
New Delhi/ Kolkata: Home Minister Rajnath Singh has assured the Centre's help to Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel and Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh while discussing the floods and landslides in their states.The Home
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh's accusation that the term "Hindu terrorism" was coined during UPA rule unleashed a war of words today with Congress alleging distortion and that it was being raised by BJP
New Delhi: Former Home Minister P Chidambaram today attacked Home Minister Rajnath Singh accusing him of resorting to a completely distorting Hindu terror remarks to blame the former UPA government.He said former Home Minister Sushil
Pune: Former Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde today denied having used the word "Hindu terrorism" in Parliament during the UPA tenure. "I never used the word Hindu terrorism in Parliament. I had used it in
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