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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Teen Bigha(West Bengal): Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said the land boundary deal with Bangladesh should be implemented on humantarian grounds.He was, however, non-commital whether a constitution amendment bill, needed to to implement the deal,
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress today took strong exception to West Bengal BJP chief Rahul Sinha's presence when Union Minister Rajnath Singh, who is here on a two-day visit to the state, met Governor K N Tripathi
New Delhi: Security of Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has been upgraded to topmost Z-plus category and he will be guarded by paramilitary commandos drawn from Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) now. The move to
Bagdogra: The Centre today said the flood situation in Jammu and Kashmir so far is not as grave as last year but authorities are on alert to deal with any situation."Situation is not as grave
Paswan to visit Chandigarh tomorrow to assess crop damageChandigarh: A delegation led by Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan will visit Chandigarh today to take stock of crops damaged by untimely rains
Srinagar: Seventeen people are feared dead due to house collapses and flash floods in Jammu and Kashmir, authorities said on Monday.A police officer told IANS here that a landslide triggered by incessant rain in Laden
New Delhi: The central government is in constant touch with the government of Jammu and Kashmir, and monitoring the flood situation there, an official said.The National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) is taking stock of the
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today spoke to Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and conveyed to him that relief materials are being air dashed to the flood-affected valley in the shortest
New Delhi: The women and child development ministry has requested the home ministry to take up with the various state governments the issue of 33 percent reservation of posts for women in police forces, official
Indore: The NDA government will try its "level best" to bring in a countrywide ban on slaughter of cows by evolving a consensus, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said."Cow slaughter cannot be accepted in
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh has moved to a sprawling bungalow in the capital's Akbar Road with his next door neighbour being Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan.Ten months after assuming the charge of the
New Delhi: Ending suspense, Government today decided to prorogue the current session of Rajya Sabha so that it can re-issue the controversial land ordinance even as the Opposition mounted a fresh attack on the measure.The
New Delhi: Union of Minister of States for EXternal Affairs Gen V K Singh has denied media reports that he has offered to resign from Union Council of Ministers."I have not offered to resign", V
New Delhi: Pledging full protection to minorities, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today questioned the practice of conversions and advocated a debate on the need for an anti-conversion law.He also wanted to know whether people cannot
Attari: In the wake of recent attacks on churches and other minority institutions, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that the government will take strong action against anyone found guilty for such acts."Whether it is an
Attari: Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday that this was not the right time for the withdrawal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Jammu and Kashmir.The remark came following two latest
Wagah: As many as 57 fishing boats, which were seized of the Pakistani authorities, have been returned to India by the maritime agencies of the neighbouring country, and these will reach the Indian coast tomorrow
Attari: In the wake of recent attacks on churches and other minority institutions, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said that the government will take strong action against anyone found guilty for such acts.“Whether it is
Attari (Amritsar): 33% in central paramilitary forces will be reserved for women, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday."We are planning to increase the strength of women in paramilitary forces to 33%," Singh said at
Attari: India today asked Pakistan to end the atmosphere of terror along the border, saying that New Delhi wants to maintain friendly relations with the neighbouring country."Pakistan should ponder as to how long this atmosphere
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