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    Amit Shah

    Amit Shah is a prominent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader currently serving as the Home Minister of India. He is also the first Minister of Cooperation of India. Joined BJP in 1987, Shah referred to as the 'Chanakya' of modern Indian politics and often credited with making the BJP a formidable election machine. It was under his presidency, the party emerged victorious in several state elections besides the party's landslide Lok Sabha elections win in 2014 and 2019. National president of BJP from 2014 to 2020, Shah is often considered as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's right-hand man. He first met Modi in 1982 through Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) circles, the Hindu nationalist organisation he has been associated with since childhood. When Modi was serving as the Chief Minister of Gujarat, Shah emerged as a powerful leader in the state. In his political stint under the Modi-led Gujarat government, he became the youngest minister and handled multiple portfolios at the same time. At one time, he held as many as 12 portfolios, including home, law and justice, border security, and legislative and parliamentary affairs among others. Besides BJP’s victories, Amit Shah has also added a milestone in his political career with winning every election he fought. Since 1989, the politician has fought 29 elections and has won them all. He was elected as an MLA from Gujarat’s Sarkhej in four consecutive elections between 1997 and 2007. He was elected as a member of the upper house of Parliament -- Rajya Sabha -- from Gujarat in 2017. In the 2019 general elections, he contested and was elected to the lower house of Parliament -- Lok Sabha -- from Gandhinagar, a seat previously held by BJP veteran leader Lal Krishna Advani. In the polls, he gained 69.67 percent of the total votes cast in the constituency and defeated his nearest rival Dr CJ Chavda of the Indian National Congress by a margin of 557,014 votes. Later, he was appointed as the Home Minister of the country in PM Modi’s second term. Sworn in at the age of 54, Amit Shah is the youngest serving full-time Home Minister the country has seen. In the first major action after taking up the role, Shah moved a resolution to scrap Article 370 in the Rajya Sabha in August 2019 and divide the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories with Jammu and Kashmir serving as one of the UT and Ladakh as a separate UT. He later declared implementation of National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Rajya Sabha and introduced the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. In his college days, Shah was a member of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the RSS. He has also served as chairman of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) since 2014. More

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    • Mission Bengal 2026: Will Mamata Banerjee's 'star power' triumph over BJP's 'ground power'?

      A preliminary reading of Trinamool Congress' (TMC) list of 291 candidates, released by party chief Mamata Banerjee, reinforces a trend, which the party has positively employed over the years.

    • Confident that BJP will form govt in Assam with largest ever mandate: Amit Shah

      Shah urged the people to give another mandate to the BJP and assured them that 'every infiltrator will be sent out of India'

    • Opposition's no-confidence motion against Speaker Om Birla defeated in Lok Sabha

      Shah said even the Supreme Court couldn’t judge the ruling of the Speaker. Shah said this while speaking during the debate over the motion earlier in the day.

    • ‘When it is time to speak, Rahul Gandhi is in Germany or England’: Amit Shah

      Drawing a parallel, Shah said that Rahul Gandhi’s attendance in the 17th Lok Sabha was 51-percent, though the national average was 67 per cent.

    • No-confidence motion not against Speaker, but government: Amit Shah in Lok Sabha

      Slamming the opposition, Shah said India's parliamentary history is testament to the impartial role performed by the Speaker over the years.

    • Lok Sabha debate on no-confidence motion against Om Birla: Amit Shah to respond to Opposition today

      The Lok Sabha is debating an Opposition motion seeking the removal of Speaker Om Birla, with Home Minister Shah set to respond today

    • Infiltrators to be removed not only from electoral rolls but also from country in next 5 yrs: Amit Shah

      Attacking Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Shah said that the Congress leader had once said that infiltrators would be removed, but the "Congress can't do so as illegal immigrants are its votebank".

    • Rahul Gandhi's policy is to lie loudly, repeat it; people have identified his factory of lies: Amit Shah

      Union Home Minister Amit Shah charged that Gandhi "has started a new tradition of telling lies daily."

    • ‘Kerala will see change’: Amit Shah slams ‘failed development’ under communists ahead of elections

      According to him, regions under communist rule have lagged in development. He also alleged that, in the name of tribal welfare, people were pushed towards armed activity, calling the ideology destructive in nature.

    • Amit Shah hails India–US trade deal as ‘big day’, says tariff cut to 18% boosts ties

      Amit Shah also said the agreement is expected to give a strong boost to bilateral business ties, noting that trade between India and the United States is set to flourish further.

    • Chicken's Neck is India's land, no one can lay hands on it: Amit Shah

      "Some people raised slogans in Delhi saying they would cut off the 'Chicken's Neck'. Why, brother, how will you cut it? Is this your father's land? This is India's land; no one can lay a hand on it," Shah said.

    • Amit Shah questions ‘momo factory’ links, seeks probe after deadly Kolkata warehouse fire: 'Whose money...'

      Paying homage to the workers who lost their lives, Amit Shah questioned the circumstances under which the facility was operating and the conduct of authorities in the aftermath.

    • 'Maa, Maati, Manush no longer safe in Bengal': Amit Shah slams Mamata Banerjee over misgovernance

      Addressing the BJP Karyakarta Sammelan in North 24 Parganas, Shah criticised the Mamata government over the deteriorating law and order situation.

    • Amit Shah arrives in Bengal on 2-day visit, holds informal core committee meeting at hotel

      Shah, who was originally scheduled to come at 8:10 pm from Guwahati, had to attend a crucial late evening BJP meeting in Assam before boarding the flight for Kolkata, causing a one-hour delay, another party source said.

    • Amit Shah unveils development projects worth Rs 1,715 crore in Assam

      Shah unveiled the projects in the presence of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal, MPs and MLAs of the upper Assam constituencies, several state cabinet ministers and senior government officials

    • Amit Shah hails BJP-Shiv Sena's 'resounding victory' in Maharashtra civic polls: 'People have faith in PM Modi'

      In a post on X, Amit Shah said the verdict reflected people’s confidence in governance focused on welfare and growth, and thanked voters across the state for their backing.

    • Remittance-based economy cannot benefit Kerala: Union Minister Amit Shah

      Amit Shah said the BJP had envisioned a developed Kerala and that the state was endowed with immense potential.

    • BJP announces new West Bengal state committee, balances old guard and new faces before assembly polls

      During a recent visit, Union Home Minister Amit Shah reportedly asked Dilip Ghosh to step up his engagement, fuelling expectations of a formal organisational role.

    • Delhi Police lodges FIR over alleged sloganeering against PM Modi, Amit Shah at JNU

      The case was registered after a complaint from JNU's chief security officer was received at the Vasant Kunj North police station on Tuesday.

    • Gandhinagar typhoid surge: Over 100 persons hospitalized; Amit Shah reviews situation

      Typhoid cases have been increasing in the Civil Hospital in the last three days, with 104 patients admitted to the paediatric ward, officials said.

    • Amit Shah sets clear target for Bengal BJP, says 'want 22 of 28 seats from in and around Kolkata'

      The Home Minister asked for the end of factionalism within the party and brought Suvendu Adhikari, the Leader of the Opposition in the state assembly, and Dilip Ghosh, the former state president of the party, together, although they were purported to be at loggerheads.

    • BJP will form govt with clear majority: Amit Shah sounds poll bugle in West Bengal

      Speaking to the press in Kolkata, Shah continued his tirade against the Mamata Banerjee government, saying that TMC does not address the issue as it benefits them electorally. "Mamata Banerjee abetting infiltration of Bangladeshis for electoral benefit," Shah said in Kolkata.

    • Amit Shah meets BJP workers ahead of Bengal elections: 'There should be only one goal'

      Shah instructed the party workers to work on every front — campaigns, protests, and programmes — and stated that there must be “tight and aggressive mobilisation".

    • Amit Shah targets 'Rahul baba': ‘If you oppose what people like, how will you get votes?’

      Shah quipped that it was beyond his capacity to make "Rahul baba" understand this “simple logic” because even Congress leaders had failed to make him understand it.

    • India entered semiconductor industry a bit late, but it will soon start exporting: Amit Shah

      'We have made a strong entry into the semiconductor industry, although a bit late. In no time, we will not only become self-reliant in the semiconductor sector, but will also start exporting it', said Amit Shah

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