At the age of 18, he secured a position in the ABVP and joined the BJP in 1987. Shah was the BJP's in-charge for India's largest and politically most crucial state, Uttar Pradesh, during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. The BJP-led NDA won 73 out of 80 seats.

5 days ago · Amit Shah (born October 22, 1964, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India) is an Indian politician and one of the most prominent leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He has served as the central government minister for home affairs since 2019 and the minister of cooperation since 2021.

In Amit Shah who dedicated four decades of his life to its service, the BJP found one. His meteoric rise from being a booth karyakarta in the arid plains of Gujarat to the highest echelons of power as the Union Minister of Home - is a gripping tale in itself.

National President, BJP 2014. Acknowledging Shri Amit Shah’s capability and commitment towards the party's ideology, the senior party leaders appointed him as the BJP's National President in July 2014. Just 49 year old Amit Shah became the youngest President of the party.

Amit Shah represents the emerging New India in every sense of the term. Leading the Party from the front for the last five years, he has been remarkably successful in expanding BJP’s organisational foot print, securing one electoral victory after the other in State assembly elections.

Amit Shah was born to Smt. Kusumben and Shri Anilchandra Shah, an affluent Gujarati family in the year 1964 in Mumbai. He lived and studied in his paternal village Mansa, Gujarat until the age of 16, when upon completion of his school education, his family shifted to Ahmedabad.

2 days ago · Amit Shah exuded confidence that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is going to win the Delhi elections, which is scheduled on February 5. The BJP leader held the roadshow from Moolchand to Kasturba Nagar along with party leader Bansuri Swaraj.

May 3, 2024 · Critics say he is the driving force behind some of India's most controversial legislation, including scrapping Kashmir's partial autonomy - which had been a BJP manifesto pledge for...

5 days ago · Amit Shah released the BJP's third manifesto part, promising 50,000 government jobs, 20 lakh self-employment opportunities, and ownership rights in 1,700 unauthorised colonies. He also committed to free travel for needy students, and welfare measures for gig workers and labourers, while accusing Arvind Kejriwal of not fulfilling his promises.

5 days ago · Amit Shah also claimed the BJP, once voted to power, would clean Yamuna in three years. He further said the BJP-ruled Delhi government would fill 50,000 government posts in a transparent manner ...