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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Lucknow: The toll in the hooch tragedy in Lucknow and Unnao districts today climbed to 31 with 17 more people dying overnight in various hospitals here. Over 100 persons were still undergoing treatment in different
Lucknow: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said that state government should thoroughly probe the deaths due to spurious liquor in Lucknow and Unnao, and initiate strict action against those found guilty. “The state government
Gandhinagar: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today lauded the Gujarat model of development and said that a reflection of a ‘vibrant Gujarat' would be seen in a ‘vibrant India' under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership.“As Gujarat's
Guwahati: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today categorically said there will be no talks with those militant outfits that indulge in violence though doors are open for parleys with others.“Doors are open for discussions. Talks
Lucknow: In a major jolt to BJP in Uttar Pradesh, none of the candidates supported by it could ensure victory in the Cantonment Board polls in Varanasi and Lucknow, and managed to win just one
New Delhi: India on Saturday said that the withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan would not only have security implications for South Asia but also for the US and other countries even as he called
New Delhi: India today said that the withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan would not only have security implications for South Asia but also for the US and other countries even as he called for
Gandhinagar: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said that the government is not just looking at investments by the people of Indian origin living across the world but also wants to have deeper ties with
Guwahati: Two dreaded NDFB-Songbijit militant leaders responsible for the massacres of Adivasis have been arrested along with four of their associates and a large quantity of arms seized from their possession, a senior police officer
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh has sent Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra's report recommending Governor's rule in the state to the Prime Minister's Office, official sources said tonight. Singh has forwarded the
New Delhi: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Thursday urged Home Minister Rajnath Singh to release some Khalistani prisoners who he said were aged and even blind.Badal told reporters after meeting the home minister that
New Delhi: With questions over Coast Guard's ‘boat' operation persisting, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said those travelling in the Pakistani vessel were suspected terrorists as per the “given circumstances”. “With given circumstances in the
New Delhi: Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh, has made it clear that he is not in favour of installing statues of Nathuram Godse who had assassinated Mahatama Gandhi, the ‘Father of the Nation'.“I am absolutely
New Delhi: BSF Director General D K Pathak is rushing to border areas along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of heavy shelling from Pakistan which today left a trooper
Srinagar/Jammu: Two army jawans and a woman were killed while 11 people were injured as Pakistani troops targeted villages and security posts at various places in Jammu and Kashmir since last night which triggered migration
New Delhi: Asking Pakistan to stop ceasefire violations, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said while India has been offering its hand of friendship, Pakistan was repeatedly targeting border areas in India. “Pakistan is our neighbouring
New Delhi: India wanted good relations with Pakistan, which should not resort to ceasefire violations, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday."Pakistan is our neighbour and we want good relations with all our neighbours," Rajnath
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh tonight ordered BSF to take appropriate action and give a befitting reply to firing by Pakistan on Indian posts along the International Border in Samba and Hiranagar sectors of
New Delhi: Pakistan-based terrorist groups are continuously trying to infiltrate into Jammu and Kashmir by taking advantage of cross-border firing as they aim to carry out “spectacular attacks” ahead of US President Barack Obama's visit
New Delhi: Calling anyone ‘Chinki', ‘Chinese' or making any other derogatory remark relating to race, culture or physical appearance will land you in jail for up to five years, according to a proposal which the
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