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: After coming to power in Delhi by winning 67 seats in the 70-member Delhi Assembly, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal today met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Urban Development
New Delhi: After a landslide victory in Delhi assembly polls on Tuesday, the next CM of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal may become the biggest headache for Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh.Aam Aadmi Party chief and the
Ahmedabad: BJP leaders and ministers were here today to attend the wedding of party president Amit Shah's son Jay, even as the Delhi poll results trickled in.Those present at the wedding organised at the YMCA
New Delhi: The centre is likely to push development projects in Maoist – hit areas like building road, bridges, educational institutions and other infrastructure.Home Minister Rajnath Singh reviewed the developmental projects relating to roads, bridges,
Panaji: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today condemned the incident of desecration of a Delhi church, which has raised concerns among members of minority community, saying he will personally meet Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and
New Delhi: Rajnath Singh, Union Home Minister has asked the Akhilesh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh to improve law and order situation in the state."The state government should pay serious and immediate attention to the
Mohanlalganj (UP): Decrying knowledge without values, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said technical degrees held by youths become meaningless if they get involved in terror activities.In a subtle reference to instances of computer and
Lucknow: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said he was confident that BJP will get a clear majority in Delhi Assembly elections."I am confident that BJP will get a clear majority in the Delhi Assembly
Lucknow: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will flag off Lucknow-Kathgodam tri-weekly express train here tomorrow. The new direct train from Charbagh railway station here to Kathgodam was announced in the 2014 Rail Budget.Minister of State
New Delhi: Reacting cautiously to US President Barack Obama's concern about religious "intolerance" in India, government on Friday said any "aberrations" do not alter India's history of tolerance.Two senior Union ministers — finance minister Arun
New Delhi: As Christians took to streets of Delhi over recent attacks on churches, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today promised to step up security at their religious places amid his assertion that any discrimination on
New Delhi: In the wake of subsequent “attacks” on churches in Delhi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said the government would not tolerate any discrimination on the basis of caste and religion and directed the
New Delhi: Just a day left for campaigning to end, BJP today made a fervent appeal to the electorate for a “clear mandate” to transform Delhi into a world class city. In an election rally,
New Delhi: Home Secretary Anil Goswami has been removed from the post in the wake of controversy over his alleged attempt to stall the arrest of Saradha scam accused Matang Sinh, a former Congress minister
New Delhi: Union home secretary Anil Goswami who is accused of stalling the arrest of former Union Minister Matang Sinh in connection with the Saradha chit-fund scam, is set to be removed from his post.Prior
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi about allegations that Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami had tried to stall the arrest of Congress leader Mantang Sinh in connection with
New Delhi: A top home Ministry official having close association with former Union minister Matang Sinh for attempting to stall his arrest in connection with Saradha scam.According to a report published in Indian Express, CBI
New Delhi: Senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said AAP should have supported BJP to form a government in the city instead of taking the reigns with Congress' backing.Addressing an election
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today indicated that the recommendation of a committee which favoured setting up of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the 1984 Sikh riots may be accepted. “Justice
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said the BJP government at the Centre has been responding effectively to cross-border firing by Pakistan unlike the previous UPA government's response. Singh said he has directed
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