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.
Read MoreNew Delhi: India today accused Pakistan of trying to push terrorists into Jammu and Kashmir and giving cover to such attempts by continuous firing along the border. “No doubt about that,” Home Minister Rajnath Singh
New Delhi: As Pakistan resorted to fresh firing from across the border, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said if anyone dares to cast an evil eye on India, security forces will give a fitting response.“Our
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said that the army can act on its own in counter-insurgency operations and the state government does not need to call for its services.“In a law and order
New Delhi: ‘Himmat', a mobile application of Delhi Police that will allow women to send a distress call to Police Control Room and their relatives in case of any emergency, was launched here today by
Jammu/New Delhi: Four Pakistani rangers were killed in BSF's strong retaliaton after a jawan of the force lost his life in heavy firing from the other side on a patrol today along the International Border
New Delhi: The Government today ordered the BSF to give a befitting reply to any unprovoked firing from Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir after a jawan was killed by the border guarding force of the
New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju today rued that issues like pollution, rapes and filth have maligned the national capital's image which he said was a loss not just for
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said the special CBI court discharging BJP President Amit Shah in Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter killing case has vindicated the party's stand.Using his personal twitter handle, Singh
New Delhi: Ahead of US President Barack Obama's visit, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today reviewed the overall security environment in the country and its neighbourhood with the top brass, including Defence Minister, NSA and Army
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday appealed to all state governments to install CCTV cameras in mega cities at the earliest in the wake of a low intensity blast in Bengaluru."I appeal to
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh tonight spoke to Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and discussed with him the ongoing relief operations in the violence-hit areas of the state.During the telephonic conversation, the Home
Lucknow: Attributing BJP's good performance in recent Assembly elections to Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said it is due to the Prime Minister's popularity that the party has come to power in
New Delhi: India on Saturday asked Pakistan to hand over underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, saying enough evidences have been given to it on the prime accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts.Minister of State for
Lucknow: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said an anti-conversion law should be framed to check conversion and appealed all the political parties to think over it “seriously”.“I think that to check conversion, an anti-conversion
New Delhi: The NIA has been directed by the Home Ministry to take up the cases relating to the recent killing of more than 70 Adivasis by NDFB(S) militants in two districts of Assam.The four
New Delhi: Describing the anti-Sikh riots of 1984 as a "genocide", Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said several persons who had a "role" in the carnage are yet to be punished."In these incidents (anti-Sikh
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today claimed there was a “BJP wave” in Delhi and the party will form the next government here, and there will be a better coordination with the Central
New Delhi: Army is going to intensify its operations against the NDFB militants, who carried out a deadly attack on tribals in Assam leaving more than 70 people dead."We are definitely going to intensify our
New Delhi: After the massacre of more than 60 people, mostly adivasis, by the NDFB(S) militants in the BTAD area of Assam, the Central Government has decided to initiate an all-out offensive against Bodo militants.The
Guwahati: Home Minister Rajnath Singh Thursday ruled out talks with Bodo "terrorists", as the death toll in the two days of violence in Assam rose to 73."The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government has a clear
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