Amit Shah

Indian politician

Amitabh Anilchandra Shah is an Indian politician and the current Minister of Home Affairs who has been President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since 2014. He was elected to the lower House of Parliament the Lok Sabha in the 2019 Indian general election from Gandhinagar. He was earlier elected as a member of the upper House of Parliament the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat in 2017. He also became the youngest serving full-time Home Minister at an age of 54. He is the chief strategist of the BJP and a close aide to Narendra Modi.

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Congress to hold nationwide protest against Citizenship Amendment Bill on Wednesday

The Bill will be tabled in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday by Home Minister Amit Shah.

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Citizenship Amendment Bill to be tabled in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday at 2 PM

Union Minister Amit Shah, who was lauded by PM Modi for lucidly explaining all aspects in the Lower House of the Parliament, will table the Bill tomorrow.

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Was not paying attention in history classes: Shashi Tharoor's dig at Amit Shah over partition remark

Hitting back at Union home minister Amit Shah for holding the Congress responsible for India's partition on religious lines, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on..

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'Citizenship Amendment Bill not related to National Register of Citizens': Amit Shah reasserts pan-India NRC exercise

Shah had had several discussions and meetings in the past month with various stakeholders to clear up any confusion about different provisions of the Bill.

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U.S. panel eyes sanctions for Indian minister over citizenship curb for Muslims

A federal panel on religion has urged the United States to weigh sanctions against India's Home Minister Amit Shah if the south Asian nation adopts legislation..

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Not one bullet fired, situation in Kashmir normal: Amit Shah

"The situation in Kashmir valley is completely normal. I can't make Congress's condition normal, because they had predicted bloodshed after the abrogation of..

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Local admin to decide on release of detained J&K political leaders: Amit Shah

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Situation in Jammu and Kashmir completely normal, says Amit Shah in Lok Sabha

Lashing out at the Congress party, Amit Shah said, "Situation in Kashmir valley is completely normal. I can't make Congress's condition normal."

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Citizenship (Amendment) Bill: Federal US commission seeks sanctions against home minister Amit Shah

The US Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has said that the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is a "dangerous turn in wrong direction" and sought..

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After scoring on Kashmir, Amit Shah plays the Hindutva striker again

Responding to the opposition’s charge that the bill excluded Muslims while granting citizenship on the ground of religious persecution to six minorities from..

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Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is not in violation of constitutional provisions: Amit Shah

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Protests erupt in northeast as region braces for bandh after Amit Shah tables CAB in Parliament

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Citizenship (Amendment) Bill has endorsement of India's 130 crore citizens: Amit Shah

Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday asserted that the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019, which seeks to give Indian nationality to non-Muslim refugees from..

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Citizenship Amendment Bill targets minority: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

"It is nothing but targeted legislation over minority population of our country," said Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. "It violates the fundamental principles of the..

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Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 introduced in Lok Sabha

Introducing the bill, Union home minister Amit Shah said the Congress "divided" the country on the basis of religion and that is why it was necessary to bring..

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Muslim community not named in CAB even once: Amit Shah

"Nowhere in the Bill Muslim community is named even once. You cannot distort and present it in the House," said Amit Shah after tabling the Bill, while replying..

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Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Lok Sabha: Who said what

The Lok Sabha on Monday saw an intense debate on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill after it was tabled by Union home minister Amit Shah. The contentious bill was..

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Amit Shah: Citizenship (Amendment) Bill not even .001% against minorities in the country

Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday introduced contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in Lok Sabha and said that it is not even .001 per cent against..

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Protests in Northeast as Citizenship (Amendment) Bill tabled in Lok Sabha for passage

The controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 was tabled in Lok Sabha by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday.

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Citizen (Amendment) Bill: Shiv Sena against voting rights for illegal 'intruders'

"Illegal Intruders should be thrown out. Immigrant Hindus must be given citizenship, but let's give rest to allegations of creating vote bank & not give them..

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Citizenship (Amendment) Bill: BJP issues whip to its Lok Sabha MPs

With Union home minister Amit Shah set to introduce the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill on Monday, the ruling BJP has issued whip to all its Lok Sabha members to..

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Modi, Shah greet Parkash Singh Badal on his birthday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah greeted former Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on his birthday on Sunday. The Akali Dal..

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah to table Citizenship Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha tomorrow

The Opposition alleges that the bill targets Muslims and is at odds with the secular principles enshrined in the Constitution as it excludes a community.

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Anaj Mandi fire: Amit Shah instructs officials to provide all possible assistant on urgent basis

Conveying deepest condolences with the kin of the deceased, Shah tweeted, "Tragic loss of precious lives in the fire accident in New Delhi. My deepest..

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Home minister Amit Shah condoles loss of lives in Delhi fire tragedy

In a tweet, Shah said, "Tragic loss of precious lives in the fire accident in New Delhi. My deepest condolences with families of those who have lost their loved..

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Amit Shah to table citizenship bill, put it to vote tomorrow: LS website

Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who has been coordinating between Shah and leaders of the northeast on the contentious bill, said Shah’s statement..

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Women security in focus at PM’s meeting with top cops

Women’s security figured in discussions at the ongoing all-India director generals/inspector generals of police conference, which is being attended by PM..

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Uddhav receives PM Modi at Pune airport, first meeting between two leaders after Sena chief became Maharashtra CM

The Prime Minister was received by Uddhav Thackeray, former Maharashtra CM and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis, Home Minister Amit Shah and other leaders.

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Uddhav Thackeray welcomes PM Narendra Modi in Pune

As the Prime Minister alighted from the aircraft, he was welcomed by Union home minister Amit Shah, Maharashtra governor BS Koshyari, Uddhav Thackeray and the..

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Amit Shah holds meet over rising onion prices; govt, oppn in war of words

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Rahul Gandhi lashes out at PM Modi, Amit Shah and Nirmala Sitharaman

In a scathing attack on the BJP-led government at the Centre, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said the country was in "trouble" as the "imaginary world" the Prime..

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Amit Shah holds meet on onion price

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Country in trouble as PM Modi, Amit Shah live in 'imaginary' world: Rahul Gandhi

"Mr Amit Shah and Mr Narendra Modi live in their own imagination. They have no contact with the outside world. They live in their own world and they fantasise..

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PM Modi, Amit Shah live in their own fantasy world: Rahul Gandhi slams centre on India's economic situation

"They live in their own world and they fantasize about things, that is why the country is in such trouble," said the former Congress president.

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Law tweak likely to fight mob lynching

The government has set up a committee to suggest necessary amendments to the Indian Penal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure to deal with certain crimes like..

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Chidambaram slapped false cases on PM, Shah, me: Gadkari

Union minister Nitin Gadkari alleged that false cases were filed against him, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah during the Congress..

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'Citizenship Bill likely to be introduced in last week of winter session': Himanta Biswa Sarma

"I think a lot of confusion has been eliminated. There are still some issues but some solutions have also been found," Amit Shah said.

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Government: No plan to issue one card for all utilities

NPR, under the Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and Issue of National Identity Card) Rules, is the first step to creation of a National Register of Citizens..