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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Jammu: BJP president Rajnath Singh said Tuesday that a BJP-led government won't tolerate incursion by Chinese troops and infiltration by terrorists from Pakistan.Addressing an election rally in Udhampur town, 65 km from here, he said
Kolkata: Congress president Sonia Gandhi, party vice president Rahul Gandhi, senior BJP leader L.K. Advani and party president Rajnath Singh will hit the campaign trail for the Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal.According to a
Lucknow: In a setback to the party, Congress Lucknow president Neeraj Bora today dissolved the city unit and resigned, alleging that present policies of the party and personal agenda of its leaders were not in
Bikaner: BJP president Rajnath Singh today accused Congress of following a “divide and rule” policy and held them responsible for rising inflation and corruption.“Whenever Congress comes to power, inflation rises and corruption becomes rampant,” he
Jaipur/New Delhi: BJP today suspended Manvendra Singh, son of expelled leader Jaswant Singh, from its primary membership and removed him from its National Executive following reports that he was campaigning against the party's official candidate
Bhubaneswar: Polling began on a peaceful note for 10 Lok Sabha and 70 assembly seats in Odisha, an official said.People stood in queues outside polling centres before polling started at 7 am."Everywhere balloting has started.
Pune: Refuting suggestions that the alleged “dictatorial attitude” of Narendra Modi could antagonize allies, BJP President Rajnath Singh today said there was no question of finding an “acceptable” compromise Prime Ministerial candidate in such an
Balrampur: An FIR has been registered against Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma in Balrampur for calling BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi the “biggest goonda” of RSS and party's National President Rajnath Singh his
New Delhi: Launching a scathing attack on Congress, BJP president Rajnath Singh today alleged Congress is engaged in “divisive politics” and has “divided” the nation on the name of secularism.“Congress is trying to divide the
Lucknow: Referring to a sting operation on the demolition of Babri Mosque, Bhartiya Janta Party national president Rajnath Singh today alleged anti-BJP parties were conspiring to give elections a communal colour. “At a time when
New Delhi: BJP president Rajnath Singh Saturday filed his nomination papers from the Lucknow parliamentary constituency.Rajnath Singh, who reached the city Friday evening, was accompanied by senior party leaders, including Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state
Lucknow: BJP president Rajnath Singh Saturday filed his nomination papers from the Lucknow parliamentary constituency.Rajnath Singh, who reached the city Friday evening, was accompanied by senior party leaders, including Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president
New Delhi: Congress candidate from Gautam Buddh Nagar Ramesh Chand Tomar today joined the BJP in the presence of party president Rajnath Singh here. Tomar had unsuccessfully contested the last Lok Sabha polls as a
Ranchi: BJP president Rajnath Singh Tuesday said the rising prices of essential commodities will be controlled in six to 12 months if the party comes to power at the centre."We do not promise that price
Bhubaneswar: With over 22 per cent of Odisha's population being tribal and about half of Assembly seats and three Lok Sabha seats reserved for tribals and Dalits in south-western areas, leaders of BJD, Congress and
Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar Monday dodged questions on whether senior BJP leader L.K. Advani should be part of the Narendra Modi cabinet, if the BJP wins the Lok Sabha election.Parrikar was speaking to
Lucknow: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Monday announced the candidature of actor-comedian Javed Jafferi from Lucknow to take on BJP president Rajnath Singh.Leaders of the party said the decision was taken at the political affairs
Lucknow: BJP president Rajnath Singh will file his nomination papers here April 5 to contest the Lok Sabha election, a party leader said Monday.Singh was earlier scheduled to file his nomination April 7, but it
New Delhi: A day after Jaswant Singh was expelled from the BJP, Congress today said the move is symbolic of Narendra Modi's “auto destruct effect” on the opposition party.“Jaswant issue is only symbolic of Modi's
Karimganj/Diphu (Assam): BJP President Rajnath Singh today said people who came from Bangladesh after 1971 and settled in Assam or elsewhere in the country should be treated as illegal migrants and necessary action be taken
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