Amit Shah: News

Arvind Kejriwal is "tired of" convincing Congress for pre-poll alliance

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said he was tired of convincing Congress to stitch a pre-poll alliance as the latter refuses to understand.

13 Feb 2019

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#PMNarendraModi: Manoj Joshi looks convincing as Amit Shah

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's biopic has been the talk of the town since its inception.

12 Feb 2019

Gujarat

Modi has rock-solid support, who's Opposition alliance leader, asks Shah

Claiming that PM Narendra Modi has rock-solid support of people, BJP president Amit Shah today said the coming Lok Sabha poll will be an important step for India to become a global superpower.

11 Feb 2019

Narendra Modi

Here's why BJP leaders, including Modi, are donating Rs. 1,000

In a bid to improve transparency in elections, BJP President Amit Shah on Monday urged workers and well-wishers to donate money to the Bharatiya Janata Party.

11 Feb 2019

Goa

Minorities can't be 'fooled' by BJP, says Goa Congress chief

Goa Congress chief Girish Chodankar has claimed that BJP president Amit Shah's call to party leaders to reach out to minorities is nothing but an attempt to fool them.

02 Feb 2019

Lok Sabha

Mandir wahi banega, says Shah; asks RaGa to clarify stand

While addressing booth workers of two Lok Sabha constituencies- Tehri and Haridwar on Saturday, BJP President Amit Shah reiterated his party's stand on the sensitive Ayodhya issue. He said Ram Temple would be built at the disputed site.

30 Jan 2019

West Bengal

Violence erupts after Shah's rally: Rajnath, Mamata argue on call

On Tuesday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh had a heated exchange. Singh had called her over the violence that erupted after BJP President Amit Shah addressed a rally in WB, earlier in the day.

17 Jan 2019

Karnataka

Amit Shah has 'suar ki beemari', says Congress MP

Senior Congress leader BK Hariprasad made derogatory remarks on the health of BJP President Amit Shah, saying he has contracted suar ki beemari (illness of pigs).

Congress wishes speedy recovery to Amit Shah and Arun Jaitley

On Wednesday, the official Twitter handle of Congress sent best wishes to senior BJP leaders Amit Shah and Arun Jaitley, both of whom are undergoing treatment after an illness.

13 Jan 2019

Uddhav Thackeray

One who will trounce Sena yet to be born: Thackeray

Hitting out at BJP chief Amit Shah for his remarks that the saffron party will thrash former allies if a pre-poll alliance did not materialize ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray today said one who will trounce the Sena was yet to be born.

06 Jan 2019

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

World record and Dalit votes: Amit Shah's rally hogs limelight

In a bid to attract Dalit voters, Bharatiya Janata Party will be cooking over 5,000 kg of khichdi at a rally in New Delhi on Sunday. Amit Shah will address the gathering.

24 Dec 2018

Shiv Sena

'Jo mandir banwayega, vote usko jaayega' slogans disrupt Rajnath's speech

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh was caught in an unexpected situation on Sunday after his speech in Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow was disrupted by sloganeering.

23 Dec 2018

Bihar

#RoadTo2019: Bihar seat-sharing done, BJP-JD(U) to contest on 17 seats

In an apparent show of strength, BJP President Amit Shah, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, and Lok Janshakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan announced the seat sharing agreement for Lok Sabha elections 2019 on Sunday.

21 Dec 2018

Narendra Modi

Sohrabuddin-encounter: Citing lack of evidence, CBI-court acquits all 22 accused

A special CBI court on Friday acquitted all 22 accused in Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case saying there wasn't enough proof to show he was murdered.

18 Dec 2018

India

Won't let PM sleep until all agricultural loans waived: RaGa

Addressing India's distressed farmers directly from Parliament, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said today he will not let PM Narendra Modi sleep until all farm loans have been waived.

17 Dec 2018

Lok Sabha

No alliance can stop BJP from realizing development agenda: Shah

BJP chief Amit Shah said yesterday that no 'gathbandhan' or 'maha gathbandhan' (alliance or grand alliance) can come in the way of BJP achieving its agenda of inclusive growth.

16 Dec 2018

West Bengal

WB-government refuses permission for BJP's Rath Yatra citing possible communal-violence

The West Bengal government yesterday refused permission for the BJP's proposed Rath Yatra, citing intelligence reports of possible communal violence in areas where the party was planning to take out the yatra.

#RafaleVerdict: 'Rahul maafi maango', demand BJP-leaders, Parliament adjourned after ruckus

Three days after the winter session of Parliament started, the Lok Sabha was adjourned on Friday owing to ruckus after the Supreme Court dismissed a petition seeking an investigation into the multi-crore Rafale deal.

13 Dec 2018

Madhya Pradesh

'Star-campaigner' Adityanath downplays Hindi-heartland losses, speaks on Congress 'lies'

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who campaigned for the BJP relentlessly in the assembly elections, downplayed the win of Congress and said their lies would start getting unraveling soon.

Pawar cites Shah remark to slam Fadnavis over Maratha quota

NCP president Sharad Pawar yesterday accused Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis of giving "false" promises to the Maratha community over the issue of reservation in government jobs and education.

07 Dec 2018

West Bengal

BJP hopes to start Rath Yatra today: WB party chief

West Bengal BJP President Dilip Ghosh has said his party has full faith in the judiciary and hoped it would be able to kick-start its Rath Yatra campaign from today.

03 Dec 2018

Yogi Adityanath

After 'Hanuman remark', Adityanath advised against dividing Gods by UP-minister

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's 'Lord Hanuman was a Dalit' remark invited ire from the Opposition, and now a minister in his own cabinet has criticized him.

02 Dec 2018

Kerala

#SabarimalaRow: Kerala announces million women's Great Wall, BJP plans response

With the Kerala government planning to make a 600km 'women wall' comprised of a 'million' women to reiterate its stand on the Sabarimala issue, a four-man team handpicked by BJP chief Amit Shah will arrive in Kerala today to plan the saffron party's response.

01 Dec 2018

Narendra Modi

Rahul Gandhi insulting slain Army soldiers, alleges Shah

BJP chief Amit Shah today alleged that Congress President Rahul Gandhi was insulting slain Army soldiers by claiming that the 2016 surgical strike across the LoC was conducted to win the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

25 Nov 2018

Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh: At road show, Amit Shah falls, remains unhurt

BJP President Amit Shah stumbled while he was getting down from a vehicle, a video of which has gone viral on social media. Shah was immediately given support by one of his bodyguards.

20 Nov 2018

Telangana

Modi's popularity is on the decline: TRS leader KTR

Looking to regain power in Telangana, the ruling TRS leader, K T Rama Rao, said today Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity is "on the decline".

19 Nov 2018

Madhya Pradesh

Amit Shah says the Opposition is suffering from 'Modi-phobia'

The Opposition is suffering from the "Narendra Modi-phobia", Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President, Amit Shah, said today.

18 Nov 2018

India

Of 40L excluded in NRC, 35.5L haven't applied for inclusion

Over 35.5 lakh people of the 40 lakh, who were excluded in the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC), haven't yet come forward for inclusion in the final list of the Supreme Court-monitored exercise.

18 Nov 2018

Narendra Modi

Rajasthan: Amit Shah to hold talks with youth on November-21

BJP President Amit Shah will hold talks with youths of poll-bound Rajasthan on November 21.

#SabarimalaRow: SC admits review petitions, hearing on Jan 22

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court began hearing a batch of petitions challenging its September 28 verdict that quashed a ban on the entry of women aged 10-50 years to the 800-year-old Sabarimala temple.

10 Nov 2018

Chhattisgarh

Raman Singh has made Chhattisgarh almost Naxalism-free: Amit Shah

The Raman Singh government in Chhattisgarh had made the state "almost free" of Naxalism and developed it as a hub of power and cement production, BJP president Amit Shah said while addressing a press conference in Raipur (capital of Chhattisgarh) today.

09 Nov 2018

DNA

LJP, RLSP demand same number of seats as in 2014-polls

Two NDA constituents, LJP and RLSP, have made it clear that the number of seats they wanted to contest for the next Lok Sabha election was the same as that of 2014.

05 Nov 2018

Lok Sabha Elections

#RoadTo2019: For amplifying voter-outreach, BJP plans to set 200 call-centers

To amplify its voter outreach, BJP plans to set up 200 call centers ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha elections, HT reports.

03 Nov 2018

Biju Janata Dal

Man, who hosted BJP chief Amit Shah, joins BJD

A man, who once hosted lunch for BJP President Amit Shah during his visit to Odisha's Ganjam district last year, has now joined the BJD.

28 Oct 2018

Mayawati

#SabarimalaRow: Mayawati wants court to take cognizance against Shah's remarks

BSP President Mayawati Sunday condemned BJP chief Amit Shah's remarks on the Sabarimala verdict, saying the court should take cognizance of the "irresponsible and provocative statement".

28 Oct 2018

Kerala

Kerala minister Thomas Isaac irked by Shah's airport comment

BJP chief Amit Shah, on landing at Kerala's as yet un-inaugurated Kannur airport earlier, tossed a 'congratulations' at the airport staff, saying that the airport inauguration had unofficially been completed.

Amit Shah inducts ex-ISRO chief Madhavan Nair into the BJP

On Saturday, the BJP inducted former ISRO chief Madhavan Nair into its ranks, with BJP chief Amit Shah, who is on a day-long visit to Kerala, handing him his formal BJP membership.

28 Oct 2018

Lucknow

UP: Upset with Adityanath, Cabinet minister threatens to resign

In what could increase troubles for Yogi Adityanath government, a Uttar Pradesh minister has threatened to resign as he has not been given a single office.

28 Oct 2018

India

#RIP: Former Delhi CM Madan Lal Khurana passes away

One of India's great leaders, former Delhi Chief Minister Madan Lal Khurana passed away in New Delhi on Saturday after a prolonged illness.

Kerala: Amit Shah says Sabarimala will be saved, attacks Left

BJP President Amit Shah launched a blitzkrieg on the Kerala government on Saturday as he dived into the row surrounding the Sabarimala Temple saying the Left was insulting the devotees of Lord Ayyappa.