Amit Shah is the Union home minister of the current government. A close associate of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Amit Shah was the party president before JP Nadda. Born on October 22 in 1964, Amit Shah's entry into politics was through ABVP, the student wing of the RSS, in Gujarat. In 1987, Amit Shah joined the BJP and was first elected to Gujarat Assembly in 1997. In Narendra Modi's cabinet in Gujarat, Amit Shah held multiple portfolios. In 2002, he was the youngest minister in the Modi cabinet. Amit Shah played a major organisational role in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar, along with BJP’s West Bengal unit, separately posted a video on their X handles purportedly showing the TMCP Chanchol College unit president attempting to set fire to photographs of Modi, Shah and Tagore during a protest.
Working president of the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) and former minister, Raman Bhalla, on Tuesday, launched a scathing attack on the union government describing Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s high-profile visit to Jammu as a “damp squib”. (HT File)
Home Minister Amit Shah who visited Jammu to assess the flood damages chaired a review meeting in Jammu. In one of the review meetings held on Monday both J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah and Lt Governor Manoj Sinha and top officials were present. (PTI File)
Union Home Minister Amit Shah with J&K LG Manoj Sinha and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah chairs a meeting to review the recent flood situation in Jammu. (PTI)
