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: Union home minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday that all issues, including that of the Ram Mandir and Article 370 of the Constitution, were important to the central government.The government will not go
New Delhi: The central government has no plans "as of now" to hold talks with separatist groups of Jammu and Kashmir, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today."There is no proposal to hold talks as
New Delhi: No Minister in the Narendra Modi government is 'ashakta' (powerless) and all of them believe in the philosophy of 'less talk and more work', Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today."What do you think?
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday there would be "no compromise" on people involved in waving Pakistani flags in any part of India, including Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing the media to mark completion
1. Arvind Kejriwal's Jung with Centre in Supreme CourtDelhi: The Supreme Court will re-hear on Friday the central government's plea challenging a Delhi High Court order that said Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung has no power
Jodhpur: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh yesterday said pro-Pakistan activities would be not be tolerated in Jammu and Kashmir even as he noted that the ruling PDP-BJP alliance in the state was doing well in
Surat: Rejecting reports that BJP has dumped its core ideological issues like Ram temple Article 370, on the pretext of lacking two-thirds majority in Parliament, its president Amit Shah today said the party was not
Jammu: Offering a soft stand to those who wish to hold dialogue to discuss all "vexed issues", the Centre today sent a strong message to separatists saying, those raising pro-Pak slogans and waving Pakistani flags
Jammu: Sending a clear message to Pakistan to stop meddling in India's affairs, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said the neighbouring country must stop its nefarious activities if it wants its "own welfare"."If Pakistan wants
Home Minster Rajnath Singh to visit JammuJammu: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will today visit Jammu to attend ‘Jan Kalyan Parv', an event to highlight one-year achievements of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government at Centre.BJP
A year after they took office, 298 of 542 members of the 16th Lok Sabha–India's lower house of parliament–have not spent a rupee from the Rs 5 crore that is set aside annually for them
Kolkata: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said the law and order situation in West Bengal need improvement, drawing a sharp reaction from ruling Trinamool Congress which accused him of speaking like a party leader,
Kolkata: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said that the Indian government did not shut its eyes on underworld don Dawood Ibrahim but international relations at times created obstacles."On Dawood, I would only say we
KOLKATA: Affirming that there would be no interference by the Centre in the functioning of the Delhi government, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said everybody should work within the constitutional framework."Everybody should work within
Kolkata: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said India and Bangladesh would soon approve Teesta water sharing agreement.“Both the countries will give their approval to it very soon. We are hopeful that we will get
Kolkata: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today criticised the law and order situation in West Bengal saying it needed to improve and reports of crude bombs being made in the state was a matter of
Lucknow: Contending that terrorism should not be associated with any particular religion, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said Muslims in India are nationalists who have always opposed terrorist elements.He lauded India's Muslims for
Lucknow: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today asked Pakistan to extend all help in tackling terrorism as it was also a victim of the menance. “It (Pakistan) should extend full cooperation in checking terrorism because
PM Modi's govt plans mega press conference for todayNew Delhi: The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government is planning a mega press conference today, just two days before it completes one year in office. It will
New Delhi: Government today said it will consider the passport application of hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani only after he completes the formalities and indicated that it was not averse to approving it.“If
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