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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Troops of Indian Armed Forces carry out para dropping exercise at Stakna, Leh in presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and Army Chief General MM Naravane.
He is being accompanied by Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane. He will visit Ladakh today and Srinagar tomorrow.
BRO Chief assured Defence Minister that BRO wouldn't leave any stone unturned to complete ongoing projects on LAC & LoC on time.
Defence Ministry on July 02 approved proposal to acquire 33 new fighter aircrafts from Russia including 12 Su-30 MKiS and 21 MiG-29s along with upgradations of 59 existing MiG-29s.
Amid India’s ongoing border standoff with China, at least four Rafale fighter jets are now scheduled to land in Ambala on 27 July.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh attended the 75th Victory Day Parade in Moscow's Red Square on June 24.
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during his visit to Moscow said that India-Russia discussion was positive and productive
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reaches Moscow. He was received by Major General Kosenko Vasily Alexandrovich and the Indian Ambassador to Russia.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday left for a three-day visit to Russia during which he will hold talks with top Russian military brass and attend a grand military parade in Moscow to mark the 75th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Germany
Rajnath Singh left for 3-day visit to Russia today. He will attend a grand military parade in Moscow to mark the 75th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Germany in the Second World War.
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on June 15 held a virtual rally from Delhi. During his speech, Rajnath informed about the link road built by Border Road Organisation to go to Mansarovar.
Union Minister Rajnath Singh asserted that India should be known as exporting country not as importing country.
Government will not keep anyone in the dark over India and China standoff matter assured Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on June 14.
Union Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh on June 14 hinted Parliament's goal in his virtual rally at Jammu.
The Union Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh said that defence sector has faced more pressure compared to other sectors due to COVID-19 pandemic.
The Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh commissioned ICGS Sachet C-450 and C-451 coast guard ships in Goa.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh interacted with the heads of Public Sector Units (PSU) and Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), via video conferencing in Delhi on April 28.
Union Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh held a Group of Ministers (GoM) meeting at his residence in Delhi over coronavirus outbreak on April 07.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on March 20 said that there would certainly be an impact of the global economy amid coronavirus but it will hardly affect India's defence procurement deal.
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