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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Monaco: Seeking global cooperation in combating cyber-crime, India has said social media is increasingly being used to instigate communal riots and women and children are equally vulnerable in cyberspace as in the real world.Addressing the
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will be visiting Israel today for a bilateral dialogue where he is expected to discuss some pertinent issues including how to tackle the ISIS nuisance. He is also
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh Tuesday held talks with the Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore, Chee Hean Teo, in Monaco on the sidelines of the third Interpol general assembly meet.The home minister requested Singapore
Monaco: India today asked Singapore to hasten the process of giving replies to judicial requests sent by country's investigating agencies.This was conveyed by Home Minister Rajnath Singh to Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh will represent India at Interpol's General Assembly beginning today in Monaco, where he is expected to seek support for cases having international ramifications, including those related to terror.The Home
Lucknow: Terming the present education system in the country as a victim of Macaulay's conspiracy”, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said that there was a need to change it and stressed on use of
Hyderabad: Faced with rising cases of cyber crime, the government has decided to tighten the mechanism for preventing such attacks and tracing the perpetrators.“The Home Ministry is taking all steps necessary for the prevention of
Bhopal: Asserting that Pakistan has been given a “befitting” reply for violating ceasefire, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said Islamabad would not dare to disturb peace at the border anytime soon. He said Pakistan
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday flagged off an enthusiasm-filled Run for Unity and himself briskly walked down Rajpath after paying rich tributes to free India's first home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.Modi led the nation in
Hyderabad: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Friday flagged off 'Run for Unity' here to mark the birth anniversary of India's first home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.He flagged off the run after paying tributes to Sardar
Hyderabad: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh would attend the ‘Run For Unity' event here tomorrow on the occasion of ‘Rashtriya Ekta Diwas'.Singh would attend the programme to be held at the statue of Sardar Patel
New Delhi: Rapped by the Supreme Court, Lt Governor Najeeb Jung will kick off consultations with BJP, AAP and Congress in the next couple of days in fresh efforts to install an elected government in
New Delhi: The issue of dual citizenship, being faced by nearly 50,000 Goans, is likely to be settled soon with Home Minister Rajnath Singh today issuing an order to find a lasting solution to it
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan today sent a letter to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh asking him to take a serious note of RSS' statement that all citizens of the country are Hindus, claiming
New Delhi: Lt Governor Najeeb Jung today met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and discussed the political situation in Delhi, a day after the Supreme Court's rap for continuing with the President's rule in the
New Delhi: With fresh inputs on the Burdwan blast indicating pan-India existence of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), Home Minister Rajnath Singh today ordered immediate neutralisation of the terror modules of the banned group. The directive came after
New Delhi: The newly elected Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs in Maharashtra will meet today evening in Mumbai to elect the Legislature Party leader and also who will be sworn-in as the new Chief Minister
New Delhi: Against the backdrop of over 300 transgressions by the Chinese Army along the LAC till August this year, Government has given an in-principle approval for induction of nearly 12,000 personnel in the Indo-Tibetan
New Delhi: Newly elected BJP MLAs of Maharashtra will meet tomorrow at 4 PM in Mumbai to choose the Legislature Party leader who would be the Chief Minister.BJP sources said here today that Union Home
New Delhi: Winter session of Parliament will start from November 24 and conclude on December 23 during which a heavy legislative agenda is on the cards. The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs headed by Home
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