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: Home Minister Rajnath Singh will travel to Mumbai on Tuesday to chair a meeting of BJP legislature party to elect its leader, who will lead the party's government in Maharashtra.“The Home Minister will
New Delhi: Reaching out to the media with which he has had a lukewarm relationship, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had some good words for the press today, promising to find a way to interact with
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today exhorted the youth of the country to spread the message of peace and harmony and work for the welfare of the society.Addressing a gathering here before flagging
Mumbai: The new BJP government in Maharashtra is likely to be sworn in on October 29 or 30, party sources said here on Saturday.Union minister Rajnath Singh, BJP's central observer for election of the legislature
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh is likely to go to Mumbai on Monday to discuss government formation in Maharashtra amid back channel talks between BJP and estranged ally Shiv Sena for a possible tie-up.Singh
Greater Noida: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said that India wants peace with China but that cannot come at the cost of honour."Humlog shanti chahte hai samman ki saath. Asamman ke saath shanti nahi ho
Greater Noida: India has never violated the 2003 ceasefire with Pakistan on the Jammu and Kashmir border, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said Friday."India never violates the ceasefire. It is a country which believes in peace,"
Jerusalem: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh is set to visit Israel next month, amid a flurry of bilateral engagements signalling deepening of ties.Singh is expected to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on November 6 while
Mumbai: Indicating differences in the BJP, transport and shipping minister and senior leader Nitin Gadkari emerged as a frontrunner for the post of Maharashtra chief minister here on Tuesday.In denial mode since the past two
New Delhi: Home minister Rajnath Singh will travel to Mumbai after Diwali to meet the newly elected BJP MLAs and decide on the leadership issue and government formation in Maharashtra."I am not going today. I
New Delhi: The possibility of terror attack in the country cannot be ruled out, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today."No possibility can be ruled out. We cannot ignore terror activities. Hence alerts are issued," he
New Delhi: Senior BJP leader and Home Minister Rajnath Singh will travel to Mumbai today to decide on who will lead the BJP government in Maharashtra.“I am going to Maharashtra to decide on BJP legislature
Gurgaon: Helpline for people from Northeast will be set up in major cities starting from Gurgaon in the wake of the recent racist attacks.This was today announced by Union Minister of State for Home Kiren
New Delhi: In the wake of incidents of assault on people hailing from the Northeast, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today called up the Haryana Governor and Karnataka Chief Minister and asked them to ensure safety
New Delhi: In the wake of increasing attacks on people from the northeast in other parts of India, union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Thursday said he disapproved of any form of discrimination on the basis
New Delhi: No one can give a warning to India, Union home minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday, a day after China objected to India building road along the border."No one can give a warning
New Delhi: In its effort to deploy more women in law-and-order duties, the government is planning to reserve 33 per cent jobs in Delhi Police and police forces of all Union Territories.A note in this
Jodhpur: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Wednesday held westernised education concept brought by Britishers responsible for dealing a severe blow to the values and culture of the country and said present system was not fulfilling
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh was briefed by top security officials, including National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, about the situation along the border with Pakistan, where heavy exchange of fire has taken place during
New Delhi: In the wake of attacks on cops by criminals, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today reviewed law and order situation in the national capital and directed the Delhi Police to check illegal gun running
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