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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Guwahati: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today announced that the National Investigation Agency would probe the brutal NDFS(S) attacks on adivasis and its violent aftermath in Assam, which left 78 “poor and innocent” people dead.
Guwahati/Sonitpur: Taking tough, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today declared that strong action will be taken against NDFB(S), which massacred over 70 people in Assam on Tuesday, asserting that the Centre has “zero tolerance” policy for
Guwahati: In the wake of massacre of tribals in Assam by the anti-talks NDFB(S), Home Minister Rajnath Singh has requested External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to seek help from Bhutan to tackle the banned militant
New Delhi: Terror outfit ISIS appeared to have emerged as a threat factor in the Indian security radar during 2014 which wrapped up on a tragic note with massacre of over 60 Adivasi by Bodo
Guwahati: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today assured Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi of an NIA investigation into the killing of 65 villagers by NDFB(S) militants in three districts of the state.Singh gave the assurance
New Delhi: BJP is leaving no stone unturned to garner support of every section of the society ahead of Assembly elections with it today raising the problems faced by the Delhi Police personnel before Union
Lucknow: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said the Centre was committed to provide excellent medical services to the people of the country. “The government will ensure that maximum facilities are available in the country.
New Delhi: In the wake of terror attack in Peshawar, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said the government is taking all possible steps for security during the ensuing visit of US President Barack Obama.“Whatever high
New Delhi: In the wake of the terror attack on a school in Pakistan's Peshawar, Centre today asked all states to beef up security particularly in educational institutions."An advisory has been issued to the state
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today condemned terrorist strike at a school in Pakistan saying the inhuman attack exposes the real face of terrorism. “I strongly condemn the terrorist attack on a school at
New Delhi: There is "negligible" support from Indian youth for ISIS, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today giving credit to families from minority communities for discouraging their children from getting influenced by the terror group.Singh
New Delhi: There are only a "handful" or "negligible" number of people involved in IS activities in India and the minority community in the country has discouraged its youth from joining the terror outfit, Home
New Delhi: Preliminary interrogation of pro-Islamic State (IS) tweeter Mehdi Masroor Biswas has revealed that his role was limited to putting material on social networking sites and he was not involved in recruiting for the
New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government may have been encouraging its officials to use social media in disseminating information about its policies and programmes, but it also wants them to exercise caution in view of
New Delhi: Government has issued a directive to the heads of central police organisations and departments to shun British-era “decorative” practices like a battery of junior staff “escorting” their bosses during their visits to government
Jammu: Stating that BJP is committed to the development of Jammu and Kashmir, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today asked the people to vote for the party and oust the corruption-ridden government from the state.
Dhanbad (Jharkhand): Steps to solve the long standing problems of miners staying at Bhuli, Asia's largest labour colony, would be taken if BJP is voted to power in Jharkhand, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today
Bengaluru: In the wake of Centre's advisory to states to ensure stoppage of web-based taxi services following the alleged rape of a 27-year-old woman executive in Delhi, Karnataka government today said all taxi services not
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday strongly condemned the sexual assault on a young woman by a taxi driver in the capital last week and said all necessary steps will be taken
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh Monday said it is the top priority of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to ensure communal harmony in the country.In the wake of the suspected arson attack on a
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