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Amit Shah
Amit Shah (born 1964) is an Indian politician and the current Home Minister of India. He also served as president of the Bharatiya Janata Party from 2014 to 2020.[1][2]
During his college days, Shah was a member of the ABVP, the student wing of the RSS. At the age of 18, he secured a position in the ABVP and joined the BJP in 1987. Shah was first elected in Gujarat as the MLA for a seat partly covering Ahmedabad, Sarkhej in 1997 (a by-election). He continued to hold it in the 1998, 2002 and 2007 elections until the seat's dissolution in 2008; he then got elected from the nearby Naranpura in 2012. As a close associate of Chief Minister Narendra Modi, he held executive portfolios in the Gujarat state government.
References
- ↑ "Amit Shah: BJP's 'Chanakya' who delivered Modi Wave 2.0". The Times of India. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ↑ "Amit Shah: BJP's Chanakya who strategised and delivered Modi wave 2.0". India Today. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
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