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: Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has cancelled her visit to Anandpur Sahib in Punjab citing health reasons amid raging Lalitgate row."Due to back pain, the Chief Minster's doctor has advised her to take
Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah to visit Anandpur Sahib todayChandigarh: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh along with BJP president Amit Shah will visit Anandpur Sahib on the occasion of the 350th anniversary celebrations of the holy
New Delhi: As Opposition mounted pressure for removal of Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on 'Lalit Modigate' row, she is expected to meet BJP chief Amit Shah and Home Minister Rajnath Singh tomorrow on the
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and is believed to have discussed about the fallout of the raging controversy over help provided to Lalit Modi by External Affairs Minister
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and BJP President Amit Shah will visit Sri Anandpur Sahib tomorrow to participate in 350th anniversary celebrations of the historic town. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khatter will also attend
New Delhi: The Centre today announced an additional package of Rs 2,437 crore for reconstruction and rehabilitation of flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir.Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Home Minister Rajnath Singh, in a joint press conference,
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia today met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and discussed various issues concerning the state government, including the tussle with Lt Governor Najeeb Jung.Sources
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has cancelled his June 19 programme to visit Anandpur Sahib to attend 350th anniversary of the holy town, a move seen as a major setback to the Badals in
Bhubaneswar: Asking the Centre to refrain from using the Lt Governor's office against the elected government in Delhi, the CPI today said Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh should explain the manner of arrest of Delhi
Lucknow: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said the Land Boundary Agreement between India and Bangladesh would help check infiltration from across the border."Infiltration from Bangladesh must stop. The Land Boundary Agreement, which was hanging
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh rubbished Aam Aadmi Party charge that the arrest of Delhi Law Minister was a conspiracy hatched in his ministry saying it had not ordered the arrest."The Ministry of
1. Delhi Metro's ITO-Mandi House corridor to open todayNew Delhi: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will today open its ITO-Mandi House section for commercial operations for the public from 6 pm on Monday, June 8.2.Prakash
Lucknow: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will arrive in the state capital today on a two-day visit, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson said.The minister, also a local Lok Sabha member, would be laying the
New Delhi/Imphal: After the worst attack in two decades on army that took life of 20 soldiers in Manipur, the government vowed to take strong actions against the insurgents.Home Minister Rajnath Singh, after a high
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh will visit Ladakh in the weekend and assess the situation in some forward areas which had seen incursion by China in the past.During the three-day trip, beginning on June
Chintagufa (Chhattisgarh): Describing Naxals as obstacle to development, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said violence is not the way to express grievances and the Centre was ready for "any tough stand" to ensure peace.
Raipur: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has said that a strong strategy would be devised to deal with the Naxalism.“The Centre is serious over the issue. We will put in maximum efforts to ensure internal
Raipur: Efforts are on for a consensus among political parties to pass the land acquisition bill in Parliament's next session, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today."Our efforts are on for a consensus. We will try
Raipur: The results of economic policies adopted by Narendra Modi government will be reflected on the ground in three years and the country will get “complete economic freedom” in 5-7 years, Home Minister Rajnath Singh
1. 'Talkathon' session with 3 Union MinistersNew Delhi: As part of the NDA government's media blitzkrieg to highlight achievements made during its one-year rule, three Union ministers will participate in a 'talkathon' session today during
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