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: Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra today held a series of meetings with the central leadership to help the state overcome the financial crisis due to last year's flood.During his separate meetings
Allahabad: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said the BJP was looking forward to formation of a popular regime in Jammu and Kashmir where President's Rule was imposed after election results threw a hung Assembly.
Kanpur: Asserting that it has no territorial ambitions, India today said it wants to resolve all issues with China with “honesty” and asked it to come forward to end the “perceptional differences” over the border.
Kanpur: India today said it has "honest intentions" for an amicable resolution of the border dispute with China and has asked it to come forward to end the differences."There is a perceptional difference along the
New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has clarified that yoga guru Baba Ramdev was never on the Padma Awards list and that his denial letter to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh for the
New Delhi: Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and yoga guru Swami Ramdev today declined Padma awards, by writing and speaking to the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. A press release from The Art of Living
Haridwar: Voices against terrorism do rise from time to time in Pakistan but successive governments in that country have failed to curb the scourge, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today.“I don't think everyone in
New Delhi: To promote innovation with security-related application and offer people safe means for the security needs, the government has decided to launch a web portal "MySecurity.in", a statement said Thursday.An official release from the
New Delhi: Promising to provide "all possible assistance" to the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday lauded its work in saving lives across India."NDRF personnel have done commendable jobs in
New Delhi: All security arrangements are in place for the three-day visit of US President Barack Obama beginning Sunday, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today.Sources said a seven-layer security ring will be thrown around the
New Delhi: Amid simmering dissidence in the party after Kiran Bedi was projected chief ministerial candidate, BJP today said there is "no crisis" and its cadres stand united to face the coming Delhi Assembly polls."There
Lucknow: Hailing ancient Indian contribution to astrology, science and mathematics, home minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said that there was no need to look at a US observatory to seek information on lunar and solar
Lucknow: Citing example of highly-educated youth involved in terror activities, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Sunday said here that knowledge devoid of values is “destructive” for society.“Knowledge which connects with values is beneficial for the
New Delhi: BJP has not taken any decision on its chief ministerial candidate for Delhi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said amid speculation that former IPS officer Kiran Bedi would be projected for the top
New Delhi: The government is planning to appoint new Governors in at least six states in the next 15-20 days, with Bihar, Punjab and Assam likely among these."We are planning to appoint 6-7 new Governors
New Delhi: With Intelligence reports suggesting Pakistan-based terrorists planning strikes in India, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today attacked the neighbouring country for "not mending its ways" despite being given a befitting reply many times."Pakistan is
Patna: Describing the Naxal problem as the gravest challenge facing India, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today asked all states which are grappling with the menace to appoint as district magistrates and superintendents of police such
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said there is no political pressure on police probing the murder of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunanda Pushkar."There is no political pressure and an impartial inquiry
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today gave away the first set of smart identity-checking scanners to the Chiefs of Navy and the Coast Guard which will be used by these maritime security agencies to
Lucknow: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today paid a visit to ailing Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Jawwad at his residence here.According to a release issued by Majlis-e-Ulema-e-Hind here Rajnath went to meet Jawwad after hearing
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