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Amit Shah

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Also known as Amit Anil Chandra Shah, Amitbhai Anilchandra Shah, Amitbhai Shah

Indian politician and 32nd Union Minister of Home Affairs

Person · Open Library

Works
12

Top works

  • Introduction to Business (hardcover, Full Color)
  • Introduction to Business (paperback, B&w)
  • Making Something Out of Nothing
  • Introduction to Business
  • Instructors Manualtest Bank Vol 1 to Acc

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Germany
Active from
1972-11-29
clubtrance

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Listeners
9
Total plays
559

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Quotes

  • Congress and its allies have shamed democracy once again. Blatant misuse of state power against Republic TV & Arnab Goswami is an attack on individual freedom and the 4th pillar of democracy. It reminds us of the Emergency. This attack on free press must be and WILL BE OPPOSED.
  • This government will not allow Waqf to be used as a political tool anymore.
  • I became a member of the RSS in my childhood days then joined the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (The BJP’s student’s wing). I am a science graduate. Till I was elected as an MLA I was a businessman. After getting into politics, I gave away my business and factory to my partners. After becoming an MLA, I am not doing any business. I have my savings and investments. I have inherited some investments in stocks and shares and I earn my living out of it.
  • I have never seen economic deprivation. I was born in a rich family and brought up that way too. I have not seen a cash crunch. But, I firmly believe that whether you come from a traditionally rich family or poor family, what matters more for one's progress in politics is your sentiments for the people, your talent and a constant belief in your convictions.
  • I am in politics since the last 35 years, not once have I faced a charge of corruption. In last 35 years I have never ever changed my political track. I have always been what my party stands for. In last 35 years of public life wherever I have gone, whether it is the Ahmedabad district bank, the Gujarat State Fertilizer Corporation or in the government, I have tried to bring in reforms, new policies and able administration. I have a record of governance behind me.
  • My image is the creation of the media.

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Key facts

President
Ramnath Kovind , Droupadi Murmu
Prime minister
Narendra Modi
Preceded by
Rajnath Singh
Constituency
Gandhinagar , Gujarat
Majority
744,716 (56.34%)
Succeeded by
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Departments
Home Law and Justice Prison Border Security Civil Defence Excise Home Guards Transport Prohibition Gram Rakshak Dal Police Housing Legislative Affairs
Chief minister
Narendra Modi
Born
Amit Anilchandra Shah , ( 1964-10-22 ) 22 October 1964 (age 61) , Bombay , Maharashtra , India, (present-day Mumbai)
Party
Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse
Sonal Shah ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1987 ) ​
Children
Jay Shah (son)
Alma mater
Gujarat University
Occupation
Politician
Website
www .amitshah .co .in

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Encyclopedic overview

Amit Anilchandra Shah (born 22 October 1964) is an Indian politician who has served as the 32nd Minister of Home Affairs since 2019, the longest-serving holder of the office in Indian history. Additionally he has been the 1st Minister of Co-operation since July 2021. He is also the member of parliament (MP) for Gandhinagar. He served as the 10th president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 2014 to 2020. He has also served as chairman of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) since 2014. He had been elected as a member of the upper house of parliament, Rajya Sabha, from Gujarat from 2017 to 2019. Shah is a chief strategist of the BJP and an ardent ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Shah also served as a member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Naranpura Assembly constituency from 2012 to 2017 and Sarkhej from 1997 to 2012 and the minister of State for Home, Law and Justice, Prison, Border Security, Civil Defense, Excise, Home Guards, Transport, Prohibition, Gram Rakshak Dal, Police Housing, Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs, government of Gujarat in the Modi ministry from 2002 to 2012. During his college days, Shah was a member of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindutva paramilitary organisation. At the age of 18, he secured a position in the ABVP and joined the BJP in 1987.

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