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/Lucknow: Whenever the Samajwadi Party (SP) comes to power, "a series of communal riots begin in Uttar Pradesh", said BJP president Rajnath Singh Saturday after he called off his visit to violence-hit Muzaffarnagar district."If
New Delhi: Terming as “undemocratic” Uttar Pradesh government's denial of permission to its President Rajnath Singh to visit riot-hit Muzaffarnagar, BJP today alleged “Congress-SP collusion and conspiracy” were behind the communal violence in the state.“Uttar
New Delhi: The BJP today demanded President's Rule in Uttar Pradesh which has witnessed communal riots.”The Centre should intervene and take strict action against the Uttar Pradesh government,” Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Rajnath Singh
New Delhi: BJP leaders from Uttar Pradesh today met to discuss the situation in the state in the aftermath of the communal riots in Muzaffarnagar district."I have called leaders from Uttar Pradesh to discuss the
New Delhi: Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) cadres burst firecrackers and beat drums to celebrate Narendra Modi's nomination as the party's prime ministerial candidate, it was in the quiet environs of the Rashtriya
Mumbai: As L K Advani continues to sulk over Narendra Modi's anointment as BJP's prime ministerial candidate, party president Rajnath Singh today said the patriarch had the "right" to be angry but that did not
Mumbai: A day after Narendra Modi's anointment as BJP's prime ministerial candidate, party president Rajnath Singh today exuded confidence that along with allies the party would be able to form the next government at the
New Delhi: Senior BJP leader L K Advani sent a written letter to party president Rajnath Singh expressing his inability to attend today's parliamentary board meeting in which Narendra Modi was anointed as BJP's prime
New Delhi: Amid hectic efforts to convince LK Advani to give up his opposition to Narendra Modi as Prime Ministerial candidate, BJP president Rajnath Singh on Thursday said there was no rift in the party
New Delhi: BJP is all set on Friday to declare Narendra Modi the party's prime ministerial candidate after hectic parleys by senior leaders to convince L K Advani, Sushma Swaraj and Murli Manohar Joshi to
New Delhi: Amid hectic efforts to convince L K Advani to give up his opposition to Narendra Modi as Prime Ministerial candidate, BJP president Rajnath Singh today said there was no rift in the party
New Delhi: BJP's prime ministerial nominee for the 2014 general elections would be announced after “talking to everyone”, party president Rajnath Singh said today.”We will decide after talking to everyone,” Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president
Jaipur: BJP Election Campaign Committee Chief and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will kick-start party's campaign for the upcoming Assembly polls in Rajasthan at a rally on September 10. BJP president Rajnath Singh and Modi
New Delhi: BJP has constituted a fact-finding committee headed by party leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Muzaffarnagar riots, which will visit the riot-hit district today.The three-member committee has been tasked by party president Rajnath Singh
Ambikapur (Chhattisgarh): BJP chief Rajnath Singh claimed Saturday that the Congress was scared of the rising popularity of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and said he expected the Congress to soon intensify its attacks on
Lucknow: BJP president Rajnath Singh Friday accused the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government of pushing the country into an "unprecedented economic crisis".Addressing a traders' convention here, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader exhorted the traders
Lucknow: Terming the ban on VHP's yatra from Ayodhya as "unjust", BJP National President Rajnath Singh yesterday said that Uttar Pradesh government should reconsider its decision."Giving security to any religious event of the people, belonging
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh Thursday accused the central government of not taking seriously the communal violence in Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir.Speaking after hoisting the national flag at the BJP
New Delhi, Aug 11: BJP president Rajnath Singh and senior party leaders will address the party's "bijli rally" today at Ramlila Maidan. The BJP state unit will organise the "Bijli Rally" to protest the Delhi
New Delhi, Aug 9: Expressing concern over communal clashes in Kishtwar town of Jammu and Kashmir, BJP today sought Prime Minister Minister Manmohan Singh's intervention to ensure security for the minority community in the state.BJP
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