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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Lucknow: BJP today staged a walkout in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly during the question hour alleging that government has no will power to check the rising rate of crime in the state.To a question by
New Delhi: The Budget session of Parliament will be held from July 7 to August 14 and the first General Budget of the Narendra Modi government will be presented on July 10.The Rail Budget will
Mumbai: NCP will not field any candidate for Beed Lok Sabha bypoll if BJP were to field a member of Gopinath Munde's family, Sharad Pawar said here on Saturday.He was speaking at an all party
New Delhi: BJP today defended the steep hike in rail fare and freight charges saying it was a “difficult but correct decision”, but opposition parties including the JD(U) and Trinamool Congress slammed the NDA government
New Delhi: The CPI-M Friday criticized the government decision to use Hindi as the sole medium of communication for government information on social media.A statement from the Communist Party of India-Marxist said this went "against
New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government Thursday reconstituted six cabinet committees, including the one on appointments and on security.“The government has reconstituted six committees of the Cabinet i.e. Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, Cabinet Committee
New Delhi: Assam Governor J.B. Patnaik said Thursday he was not resigning from his post."How many times I have to say that I am not resigning?" Patnaik told the media after meeting Home Minister Rajnath
Hazaribagh (Jharkhand): A day after BJP veteran L K Advani met him at Hazaribagh jail, party leader Yashwant Sinha today secured bail from a local court having spent a fortnight in prison following his refusal
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh Tuesday reviewed the progress of restoration work following the 2013 natural disaster in Uttarakhand, a home ministry statement said.He reviewed the status in respect of the number of missing
New Delhi: In a rather strong move, the Prime Minister Office has struck down the proposals made by some of his ministers including Home Minister Rajnath Singh for the appointment of their private secretaries.The decision
Hazaribagh: A local court has extended the judicial remand of senior Jharkhand BJP leader Yashwant Sinha and his supporters till June 28 even as he did not move for bail on Monday in connection with
New Delhi: Ahead of the Haryana Assembly elections slated later this year, BJP President Rajnath Singh today held a meeting of its state unit and asked partymen to prepare for the polls and start the
Ranchi: Two emissaries of BJP President and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today met jailed party leader Yashwant Sinha and appealed to him to obtain bail and participate in a statewide stir being chalked out
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today asked his ministry to take Kashmiri migrants into confidence for their return to the Valley.Singh also asked the officials to take enhanced steps to check infiltration from across
Itanagar: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has assured Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki of his full cooperation in addressing the problems of the sensitive state.Singh's assurance came when Tuki called on him at New
Itanagar: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has assured Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki of his full cooperation in addressing the problems of the sensitive state.Singh's assurance came when Tuki called on him at New
Mumbai: The CBI will probe the death of senior BJP leader and Union minister Gopinath Munde in a car crash last week, Leader of the Opposition in Maharashtra Assembly Eknath Khadse said today following an
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha Monday saw protests from TRS and BJD members as the house was adjourned for the day after a copy of President Pranab Mukherjee's address to the joint session of both
New Delhi: A comprehensive plan is being worked out for the return of Kashmiri Pandits to the Valley and their rehabilitation with the Narendra Modi government according top priority to the issue.Enhanced financial assistance, security
Lucknow: NDA government was committed to resolving the security issues faced by the country, but it cannot be done in “one or two years” and more time was needed to set right the system “paralysed”
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