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    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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    • 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

    • Government to launch 'Bharat Taxi' with profit-sharing model for drivers: Amit Shah

      The Union minister also highlighted Haryana’s contribution to the country, particularly in agriculture, dairy production and sports

    • Naxalism benefits nobody, only peace can pave way for development: Amit Shah

      Amit Shah appealed to those who are still associated with outlawed CPI (Maoists) to lay down arms and join the mainstream of society.

    • Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee urges women to fight against SIR with kitchen tools

      West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said that she herself had not filled out SIR enumeration form so far.

    • 'Nervous, hands trembling': Rahul Gandhi claims Amit Shah was under pressure during SIR speech in Parliament

      Rahul Gandhi's remarks came a day after his face-off with Amit Shah during the latter's address in Lok Sabha on electoral reforms on Tuesday.

    • Nehru, Indira, Sonia: How Amit Shah turned tables on Congress during SIR debate in Parliament

      The debate on the SIR in Lok Sabha on Wednesday saw Amit Shah flip the “vote chori” allegation back on the Congress, invoking three contentious episodes from its own history.

    • 'Problem is with your leadership': Amit Shah says Congress defeat certain, 'SIR or no SIR'

      Union Home Minister Amit Shah also raised the issue of a case in a civil court in Delhi against Congress MP Sonia Gandhi that claimed she became a voter in India before she became a citizen.

    • Division of Vande Mataram song led to partition of India: Home Minister Amit Shah

      Home Minister Shah attacked Congress for questioning the need for a debate on Vande Mataram, and accused first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru of "dividing" the poem and limiting it to merely two stanzas.

    • Permanent solution given by Modi govt for Naxalism, northeast, J&K: Amit Shah

      He said the Centre has strengthened the security grid in the last seven years by constructing 586 fortified police stations.

    • PM Modi, Amit Shah to attend Raipur DGP-IGP meet on internal security and anti-Naxal strategy

      PM Modi's presence will mark his second visit to Chhattisgarh in less than a month; he had earlier participated in the State Foundation Day events on November 1.

    • New labour codes biggest reforms in history of labour laws: Amit Shah

      Shah remarked that the codes, crafted under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, represent "the biggest reform in the history of labour laws."

    • Amit Shah bats for SIR: 'Every single infiltrator will be removed from electoral list'

      Unfortunately, some political parties are trying to weaken the campaign to eliminate the infiltrators. These political parties are opposing the SIR process and the Election Commission's voter list sanitisation, says Union Minister.

    • Nitish Kumar to take oath as Bihar CM for record 10th time on Thursday; PM Modi, Amit Shah to attend

      JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar submitted his resignation as the outgoing CM to Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on Wednesday.

    • Amit Shah chairs high-level meeting on Delhi's Red Fort blast: 'Hunt down every culprit'

      Shah said he has directed top security officials to 'hunt down' all the culprits responsible for the incident

    • Security tightened at government buildings, ministries in Delhi after blast near Red Fort

      Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair a high-level security review meeting on November 11.

    • PM Narendra Modi condoles loss of lives in blast near Delhi's Red Fort, says 'reviewed situation' with Amit Shah

      "Condolences to those who have lost their loved ones in the blast in Delhi earlier this evening. May the injured recover at the earliest. Those affected are being assisted by authorities. Reviewed the situation with Home Minister Amit Shah Ji and other officials.

    • 150 years on, 'Vande Mataram' continues to ignite eternal flame of nationalism: Amit Shah

      It continues to ignite the eternal flame of nationalism in countrymen's hearts and remains a source of unity, patriotism, and renewed energy among the youth even today, Amit Shah said.

    • NDA partners are standing together like 5 Pandavas, opposition is divided and in shambles: Amit Shah

      Amit Shah said that NDA's five alliance partners announced their seat sharing together like "5 Pandavas" and they were set to return to power in the state with two-thirds majority.

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