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: Scores of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) members staged a protest outside Home Minister Rajnath Singh's residence here Monday morning over inaction against the cab company Uber, whose driver was arrested for raping a
Chennai/New Delhi: Tamil Nadu government today pitched for a stronger role for states in the new mechanism that will replace the Planning Commission. Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day speech had announced that the
Lucknow: Dismissing threats of outlawed Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed, Union Home minister Rajnath Singh today said “no one has the power to ruin India” and that a fitting reply will be given to any terror
Rajouri: India yesterday today hit out at Pakistan over the multiple terror attacks in Kashmir Valley, asking it to stop these activities directed against this country and said it was ready to help if it
Pargwal border: Militants want to create fear psychosis among people in Jammu and Kashmir as they are frustrated by the high voter turnout in the ongoing assembly elections, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday
Jammu: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will address three rallies in Rajouri and Jammu district tomorrow to campaign for BJP candidates for the state Assembly polls. “Rajnath Singh will campaign in Rajouri and Jammu tomorrow.
New Delhi: Amid outrage over recovery of uniforms belonging to martyred CRPF jawans in a garbage dump near a Raipur hospital, Centre has asked Chhattisgarh government to investigate the matter and punish those involved in
New Delhi: A Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been constituted to probe the incident of fire which gutted an east Delhi church, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.He said that
New Delhi: Two days after Naxals struck in a big way in Chhattisgarh, government today asserted in Parliament that there will be no let up in operations to eliminate Maoist menace and promised all support
Raipur: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today called Maoists a “national challenge” which he said the government has accepted and will fight it.On a day-long visit to Chhattisgarh, a day after Maoists killed 14 CRPF personnel
Raipur: The next of kin of each of the 14 CRPF personnel killed by Naxals in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, will be paid Rs 38 lakh and every injured security man will be given Rs
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday condemned the attack on CRPF troopers in Chattisgarh's Sukma, that left 13 personnel dead.“Words are not enough to condemn the brutal and inhuman attack by anti-national elements in
Lucknow: 13-15 CRPF personnel were killed when Naxals attacked security forces by using villagers as human shields in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said tonight."13 to 15 CRPF personnel were killed in the
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi tonight condemned the Naxal strike in Chhattisgarh in which 13 CRPF peronnel were killed and said words are not enough to deplore the “brutal” and “inhuman” attack by “anti-national
New Delhi: BSF personnel should check the smuggling of cattle, especially cows, from India-Bangladesh border and clamp it down at any cost, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today."You (BSF) have to work on many frontiers.
New Delhi: The BJP-led government has refused to make public nearly 39 classified files on the mysterious disappearance of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and related matters, in sharp contrast to the demands of disclosure raised
New Delhi: The BSF troopers gave "a befitting reply" when Pakistan violated the ceasefire, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said Monday."Our BSF jawans are the most concerned about 'Rashtriya Swabhiman' (national pride). No power can
Guwahati: Describing ISIS and al-Qaeda as serious security challenges for India, Director of Intelligence Bureau Asif Ibrahim on Sunday said the Indian diaspora has become increasingly vulnerable to elements having allegiance to terror groups.Addressing a
Srinagar: Ruling National Conference (NC) today filed a complaint before the Election Commission against Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh for allegedly violating Model Code of Conduct.“NC has filed a complaint against Singh who violated the
Guwahati: Government on Saturday said arrest of Arif Majeed, who returned to Mumbai after disappearing in ISIS controlled areas in Iraq, was not an action to harass him, asserting that all such incidents will be
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