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: India and South Africa today affirmed their commitment to strengthen existing bilateral cooperation, especially in areas like security and commerce.This was agreed when a South African delegation led by Home Minister Malusi Nkanyezi
Jhabua: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today ruled out CBI probe into the Vyapam Scam in Madhya Pradesh.“SIT is investigating the matter and both the High Court and Supreme Court are satiisfied with the ongoing
New Delhi: Concerned over the death of a TV journalist covering the Vyapam scam, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh spoke to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and asked him to conduct a thorough
Farrukhabad (UP): The Centre is working on a new farm income insurance scheme which will help increase earnings of farmers and lessen their plight, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said here today.Addressing a farmers' rally in
Noida, Uttar Pradesh: Don't try to be an Englishman, speak English when there is a need, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today advised students of a private institute here.Addressing the students, Singh said many people had
New Delhi : Pitching for a strong cyber infrastructure in the country, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday stressed that India should work towards developing its own servers.Addressing students of the Jaypee Institute of Information
Srinagar: The government today said it sincerely wants to have friendly relations with all its neighbouring countries, including Pakistan, but Islamabad willalso have to think about its approach."We made our intention clear on the day
PM Narendra Modi to review highway projects todayNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called a meeting to review the status of highway projects today, prompting the Nitin Gadkari-led road ministry to prepare a presentation
Srinagar : A day ahead of the start of Amarnath Yatra, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today reviewed the arrangements made for the annual pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre high holy cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas. Soon
1. Amarnath Yatra begins todayJammu: Amid tight security arrangements, annual Amarnath yatra will begin from Jammu today, as the first batch of over 5,000 pilgrims will leave for 3,888-metre high cave shrine in south Kashmir
JAMMU: Home Minister Rajnath Singh will be part of the first batch of pilgrims to perform darshan of the holy cave shrine of Shri Amarnath on July 2.The Home Minister will reach Srinagar on July
Ghaziabad: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today expressed confidence in winning the forthcoming Bihar Assembly elections with a majority, stating that the fight will “not be on caste lines”.The upcoming election in Bihar will not
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has sent a "secret note" to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh about allegations of corruption against MK Meena, a senior police officer and head of the capital's Anti-Corruption
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today offered the Centre's complete support to Gujarat and Uttarakhand to cope with the situations arising out of incessant rainfall.Singh spoke to Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel and
New Delhi: Indian citizenship and Long Term Visas (LTV) have been granted to 158 and 3,733 Pakistani Hindu nationals respectively since the NDA government announced the setting up of Special Task Force in September last
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today categorically denied any possibility of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje resigning from their respective posts over Lalit Modi row.“No no, ministers don't
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday that "India is not hungry for any post" at any of the international platforms.Addressing the valedictory session of the international conference on 'Yoga for Holistic Health'
New Kailash route to be opened in Tibet todayNew Delhi: A first batch of 40 Indian pilgrims will arrive in Tibet on Monday morning, flagging off the launching of a new route for the Kailash
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today called terrorists as "gyaani" (learned) and suggested that they should do yoga in order to channelise their knowledge towards constructive work in the society. Speaking at a
Sri Anandpur Sahib (Pb): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today appealed to the youth of Punjab to take a pledge against the drug menace on the 350 years of foundation of the holy city.BJP president
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