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: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said situation in the state was not conducive for holding Assembly elections due to the recent floods.Talking to reporters after meeting Home Minister Rajnath Singh,
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today spoke to Chief Ministers of Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, assuring them of full support from the Centre to deal with any situation
New Delhi: In an emergency high-level meeting to review preparedness for cyclone Hudhud, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked officials to ensure that rescue and relief operations proceed smoothly and people are informed about the
New Delhi: The Indian Navy has kept teams of personnel ready for relief and rescue operations as cyclone 'Hudhud' approaches the Andhra Pradesh and Odisha coasts, a navy official said Friday.The naval base at Vishakhapatnam
Mandrup (Maharashtra): Home Minister Rajnath Singh said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Shiv Sena alliance would not have broken had Bal Thackeray been alive."We have great respect for Bala Saheb Thackeray. If he were alive, the
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not have to comment on the ceasefire violations by Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir."The Prime Minister does not have to
Latur (Maharashtra): In a stern warning to Pakistan, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today asked it to put an end to firing and ceasefire violations along the border in Jammu & Kashmir saying if such
New Delhi: India has asked Pakistan to put an immediate end to ceasefire violations along the border in Jammu and Kashmir as the ground realities in the country had changed."Pakistan should realise that the situation
New Delhi: Union Minister and LJP Chief Ram Vilas Paswan today sought an independent and fair probe into the stampede outside Gandhi Maidan in Patna on October 3 that left 33 people dead.In a letter
Kaithal: Union home minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday claimed that the Narendra Modi government at the Centre had drastically brought down inflation in just four months of being in power.Campaigning for BJP's Kalayat constituency candidate
Kaithal (Haryana): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today claimed that the Narendra Modi government at the Centre had drastically brought down inflation in just four months of being in power.Campaigning for BJP's Kalayat constituency candidate
New Delhi: The Centre today assured all help to the Bihar government to deal with the stampede tragedy in Patna that has left 33 persons dead.Home Minister Rajnath Singh telephoned Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram
New Delhi: Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the “Swachh Bharat” initiative to promote cleanliness in the country, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today asked Delhi Police to ensure neat and clean surroundings in
Karnal: Prime Minister today addressed his first election rally in Haryana to seek votes for his party in upcoming assembly elections.Targeting INLD chief Om Prakash Chautala who has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in
Lucknow: Noting that only a clean country can be healthy, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said every person should dedicate at least two hours per week for cleanliness.“Where there is cleanliness there is god.
Guwahati: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday announced Rs 286 crore central assistance to flood-hit Assam, which will be in addition to Rs 386 crore already released to the state.After conducting an aerial survey
New Delhi: In a veiled attacked on BJP chief Amit Shah, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray has said that he had told Rajnath Singh to continue as BJP President till the Maharashtra assembly elections and
Lucknow: Terming some labour laws as hurdles in the welfare of workers and employers, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said the centre is reviewing 44 old laws and if required irrelevant ones would be
Lucknow: Noting that the health of rivers is reflective of a country's condition, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today announced cleaning up of Gomti river here on the same lines as river Ganga.“Health of rivers
Lucknow: In a bid to make ‘Swachch Bharat Abhiyan' a grand success, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti on Tuesday pledged to rejuvenate the glory of Gomti river.Both the
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