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: Government today said it would not allow broadcast of a controversial documentary featuring a Nirbhaya gangrape convict as members of Parliament, cutting across party lines, expressed outrage over the incident. Maintaining that it would
New Delhi: The interview of the one of the Nirbhaya gang rape convicts Mukesh Singh by a British filmmaker has generated a huge controversy with Home Minister intervening and then Delhi police registering an FIR
New Delhi: Senior IAS officer K K Sharma will be the next Chief Secretary of Delhi, a choice that is also acceptable to the AAP government.Home Minister Rajnath Singh today approved the appointment of Sharma,
New Delhi: The BJP-led central government today dissociated itself from the controversial remarks made by newly appointed Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.Mufti had credited Pakistan and Hurriyat for creating conducive atmosphere
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal in a letter to the Home minister Rajnath Singh, has questioned the logic behind not appointing Ramesh Negi as chief secretary of Delhi.In
New Delhi: In what could be a possible face-off with the centre, the AAP government is expected to reject a panel comprising three senior IAS officers sent by the Union Home Ministry to appoint the
Jammu: The 49-day Governor's rule comes to end tomorrow in Jammu and Kashmir with the wearing-in of PDP leader Mufti Mohammad Sayeed as Chief Minister in an alliance with BJP which will be part of
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today met Home Minister Rajnath Singh and sought his intervention in ensuring visible improvement in the law and order situation in the city, saying it has deteriorated rapidly. Kejriwal,
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said that those involved in the sensational corporate espionage scandal would not be spared and strictest punishment would be given to them.The Delhi Police investigation in the case
New Delhi: Amid the soul-searching within the BJP over its drubbing in the Delhi polls, a senior Union minister today said the controversial remarks made by Hindutva hardliners “damaged” the party's prospects.In an interview on
New Delhi: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi has advised Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to consult a Bengaluru based doctor for treatment of his chronic cough problems.The advice came during the "At Home" function organized
New Delhi: India has seen 421.6 per cent jump in tourist arrival after implementation of a faster visa clearance process, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said.Addressing a meeting of the consultative committee of Members of Parliament
New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal and Kiran Bedi may have fought a bitter electoral battle but the two leaders today exchanged pleasantries and engaged in a brief conversation at a function here.At the At-Home reception hosted
New Delhi: Delhi police Commissioner BS Bassi, in a report to home ministry stated that as compared to churches, more cases of theft were reported from temples, gurudwaras and mosques last year. This, he told
New Delhi: In the wake of rising incidents of racial attacks in Delhi and NCR against people from Northeast, Centre is considering to make racial and derogatory comments an offence punishable with a jail term
New Delhi: Ahead of the trust vote in Bihar Assembly on February 20, Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi yesterday met state Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh in the national capital.Sources
Agartala: On a visit to Chittagong Hill tracts areas along the Indo-Bangladesh border, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today termed insurgency as the biggest problem facing the Northeastern region and asked militants to shun violence.“Our government
Kanchanpur (Tripura): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said he wants a respectable solution to the problem of repatraition of over 31000 displaced Brus sheltering in Tripura for over 17 years. Singh, who visited the
Agartala: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and his deputy Kiren Rijiju visited the India-Myanmar border in Manipur on Friday, and discussed border trade with the officials."Rajnath Singh along with Kiren Rijiju (minister of state for
Agartala: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh would hold meeting with Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar and Mizoram Chief Minister Lalthanhawla on Saturday for repatriation of about 32,000 displaced Reangs lodged in evacuation camps in north
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