Associate Sponsors

Co-sponsor

image

Amit Shah

About Amit Shah

Facebook IconLinkedIN Icon

Who is Amit Shah

A businessman-turned-politician and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, Amit Shah has been serving as the Union home minister since the second term of the Narendra Modi-led central government. He represents Gandhinagar constituency in Lok Sabha.
 
Since 1989, Amit Shah has fought 29 elections, including various local body polls, and not lost any to this day. Shah was elected as an MLA from Gujarat’s Sarkhej in four consecutive elections — 1997 (by-election), 1998, 2002 and 2007.
 
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Shah contested from Gandhinagar, a seat previously held by BJP veteran Lal Krishna Advani and won it comprehensively.
Political career
12th pass Shah has been associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) since childhood. The 59-year-old first met Narendra Modi in 1982 through Ahmedabad RSS circles. During Narendra Modi's 12-year tenure as the Gujarat CM, Shah emerged as one of the most powerful leaders in the state. After winning the 2002 state elections, he became the youngest minister in the Modi-led Gujarat government, and was given multiple portfolios. At one time, he held 12 portfolios — home, law and justice, prison, border security, civil defence, excise, transport, prohibition, home guards, gram rakshak dal, police housing, and legislative and parliamentary affairs.
 
Known as a master strategist, Shah, along with Modi, assured BJP victories in several state elections after the BJP’s landslide Lok Sabha elections win in 2014. And, they topped up their success with a thumping victory in Lok Sabha elections 2019, in which the BJP saw its biggest individual seat tally ever, of 303. In 2024 Lok Sabha elections also the duo managed to secure a win.
 
In January 2020, Shah was succeeded as the BJP president by Jagat Prakash Nadda.

Latest Updates on Amit Shah

Traffic curbs in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack for Amit Shah visit: Details here

The Commissionerate Police of Bhubaneswar-Cuttack has imposed traffic restrictions on certain routes on March 5 and 6 in view of Union Home Minister Amit Shah's two-day visit to Odisha

Updated On: 04 Mar 2026 | 3:00 PM IST

Amit Shah vows to 'throw out infiltrators' if BJP wins in Bengal polls

Shah said the TMC had turned Bengal into a "swarg (heaven) for infiltrators" and alleged that the border state's security was compromised because the ruling dispensation allowed illegal immigration

Updated On: 02 Mar 2026 | 4:32 PM IST

Shah flags rising religious conversions in Punjab, urges Mann govt to act

Shah invoked the sacrifice of Guru Tegh Bahadur while addressing the 'Hind-Di-Chadar' commemoration event to mark the 350th martyrdom anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur in Kharghar, Navi Mumbai

Updated On: 01 Mar 2026 | 7:18 PM IST

I earned only honesty in my life: Kejriwal after relief in liquor case

Kejriwal further said that PM Modi and Shah should apologise to the country, claiming that the court had dubbed the case against him "totally fake" and unfit for trial

Updated On: 27 Feb 2026 | 5:35 PM IST

BJP will win Bengal polls, drive out every single infiltrator: Amit Shah

Shah made the remark in Araria district of Bihar, where he launched projects worth Rs 175 crore of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and dedicated to the nation a couple of new border outposts

Updated On: 26 Feb 2026 | 8:44 PM IST

Bharat Taxi will not let drivers earn below base rate: Amit Shah

Shah said the cooperative ride-hailing platform would return 80 per cent of profits to drivers based on kilometres driven, with the remaining 20 per cent retained as cooperative capital

Updated On: 23 Feb 2026 | 3:33 PM IST

Infiltrators to be removed from electoral rolls, country in 5 yrs: HM Shah

'If the Congress is committed to get rid of infiltrators, I challenge Rahul Gandhi to mention it in its manifesto,' Amit Shah said

Updated On: 21 Feb 2026 | 5:49 PM IST

Datanomics: Porous India-Myanmar border sees sharp spike in infiltration

Arrests rise over 12 years, but infiltrators form a negligible share of border states' population; India-Bangladesh border records most cases, while India-Myanmar remains most porous

Updated On: 18 Feb 2026 | 11:13 PM IST

Decision on J-K statehood soon, says Union Minister Arjun Meghwal

'You will get it but there is a process for it. I feel you will soon get to hear about a decision in this regard,' Meghwal said

Updated On: 17 Feb 2026 | 6:23 PM IST

Delhi Police celebrates 79th Raising Day; Amit Shah attends as chief guest

The Delhi Police's best marching contingent, SWAT team, dog squad, band team, motorcycle riders, PCR units and several other specialised formations showcased a coordinated march past

Updated On: 16 Feb 2026 | 12:07 PM IST

Centre launches digital coupons for PDS in Gujarat on pilot basis

India pilots CBDC-based digital food coupons in Gujarat, enabling beneficiaries to redeem ration entitlements through programmable e₹ instead of physical grain

Updated On: 15 Feb 2026 | 10:35 PM IST

Amit Shah slams Rahul Gandhi over 'lies', says trade deals protect farmers

Addressing a well-attended BJP rally here, Shah alleged that Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, 'has started a new tradition of telling lies daily'

Updated On: 14 Feb 2026 | 2:44 PM IST

PM Modi, V-P Radhakrishnan pay tribute to martyrs of Pulwama terror attack

A suicide bomber crashed his explosive-laden vehicle into a bus ferrying Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel on February 14, 2019, killing 40 jawans

Updated On: 14 Feb 2026 | 1:05 PM IST

Shah assures end of Naxalism by Mar 31, says 'it never benefitted society'

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said Maoism never benefitted any society and spread destruction wherever it existed and cited examples of nations like Columbia, Peru and Cambodia.

Updated On: 09 Feb 2026 | 2:50 PM IST

India needs to get rid of destructive communist ideology: Amit Shah

Shah said the people of India should understand the truth of this ideology

Updated On: 08 Feb 2026 | 7:56 PM IST

Agrement to create Frontier Nagaland Territorial Authority 'historic': PM

Centre signed a tripartite agreement with the Nagaland govt and the Eastern Nagaland Peoples' Organisation for formation of 'Frontier Nagaland Territorial Authority' aimed at addressing their demands

Updated On: 06 Feb 2026 | 1:15 PM IST

Mamata seeks rollback of BSF jurisdiction expansion over border fencing

The chief minister also claimed that Amit Shah, who recently alleged that state was not providing land for border fencing, is not furnishing the full data of land given by the West Bengal government

Updated On: 05 Feb 2026 | 10:58 PM IST

Amit Shah to roll out Bharat Taxi, cooperative ride-hailing app, on Feb 5

The platform provides emergency assistance, verified ride data and allows drivers to work on other platforms without exclusivity clauses

Updated On: 04 Feb 2026 | 8:34 PM IST

Budget 2026 lays roadmap for building developed India by 2047: Amit Shah

Shah said the Budget demonstrates that the vision of an "Atmanirbhar and Viksit Bharat" is not merely a slogan but a firm resolve of the government

Updated On: 01 Feb 2026 | 2:56 PM IST

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

He said Delhi Police had arrested those who raised such slogans, but alleged that leaders of the opposition 'INDIA' alliance had attempted to secure their release

Updated On: 31 Jan 2026 | 9:16 PM IST