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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Itanagar: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has assured his ministry would look into rolling back of Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act from Arunachal Pradesh, a major students union of the state said today. The assurance
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said that Pakistan should stop interfering in India's internal matters and rather worry about their own selves."Pakistan should worry about themselves and should not interfere in the
New Delhi: Government has sanctioned nine new ‘floating' border posts to the BSF in order to enhance vigil and security along India's riverine borders along Pakistan and Bangladesh, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today.
New Delhi: India will never provoke a conflict but won't back off if one is thrust on it, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday."India will never provoke a conflict by being the first to
New Delhi: The death toll in India from Saturday's monster earthquake today shot up to 72 even as New Delhi ramped up relief and rescue efforts in Nepal to provide succour to the nation devastated
New Delhi: India will do everything possible to help Nepal, which was ravaged by a major earthquake on Saturday, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today. “Nepal is our neighbour and we also have cultural relations
New Delhi: India today took a slew of steps for speedy evacuation of stranded tourists in quake-hit Nepal including goodwill visas to foreigners and mobilising buses and ambulances.The decisions were taken at a high-level meeting
New Delhi: Ambassador-designate of Nepal here Deep Kumar Upadhyay today expressed gratitude to India for its quick response in helping its quake-hit neighbour as round-the-clock rescue work began there.He thanked the Indian government, Prime Minister
Purnia (Bihar): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today conducted an aerial survey of storm-hit districts of Bihar and took stock of the situation as death toll in the Tuesday's killer Nor'wester mounted to 55. “The
1. PM Narendra Modi to deliver special Address at Conference on National Panchayati Raj DayPrime Minister Narendra Modi will today deliver a Special Address at Conference on National Panchayati Raj Day. The inaugural address will
New Delhi: AAP today accused Home Minister Rajnath Singh of “lying” in Lok Sabha that its volunteers raised slogans disregarding police requests as farmer Gajendra Singh hanged himself from a tree during the party's rally
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh was today critical of AAP over the incident of a farmer committing suicide at its rally yesterday.Making a statement in Lok Sabha, he said the crowd gathered for AAP
New Delhi: Investigation into the suicide of a farmer from Rajasthan at an AAP rally has been handed over to the crime branch and the Delhi Police has been asked to give a report in
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today directed that the probe into the farmer's death at an AAP rally be completed soon.Singh, who is likely to give a statement in Parliament on the issue, held
Lucknow: In a bid to tackle complaints of trains running behind schedule and delay due to stoppages at outer signal, Northern Railway has decided to remodel yards of busy stations like Varanasi, Faizabad and Lucknow.“The
1. PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate global exhibition on servicesIn an effort to give a thrust to services exports, India is organising a global exhibition on services that will see participation from sixty countries including
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today spoke to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and took stock of the situation in the state after 42 people were killed when a tropical storm ravaged several districts.During
New Delhi: With Bihar being hit by a severe storm, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tonight spoke to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and assured him of all central assistance.He said Home Minister Rajnath Singh will be
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday that the government was working for the protection of minorities."I can come out with a full-fledged statement on communal incidents ... so that the country knows
New Delhi: A move is afoot to withdraw tax exemption for donations to Greenpeace even as nearly 180 organisations and activists rallied behind the NGO accusing the government of a “shameful” crackdown against it.Sources said
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