Amit Shah: News

29 Jul 2018

Mumbai

Mumbai: Amit Shah, Mohan Bhagwat meet amid Maratha quota stir

BJP President Amit Shah held a meeting with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in Mumbai in the backdrop of the ongoing agitation by the Maratha community seeking job reservation in Maharashtra.

28 Jul 2018

Mumbai

Amit Shah arrives in Mumbai for movie screening, party meetings

BJP President Amit Shah arrived in Mumbai today on a day-long visit, during which he will interact with party workers and also attend a special screening of a film based on PM Narendra Modi's early life.

26 Jul 2018

Narendra Modi

Independent legislators would withdraw support if Fadnavis is replaced: MLA

Independent MLA Ravi Rana today warned that he and six other independent legislators supporting the BJP-led Maharashtra government would withdraw their support if Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is replaced.

23 Jul 2018

Uddhav Thackeray

After Shah speaks about 'going solo', Uddhav Thackeray hits back

In what is another proof of 'frenemy' relationship between Shiv Sena and BJP, Uddhav Thackeray on Monday said his party was friends with the public, and not with a specific party.

21 Jul 2018

WhatsApp

Shah in 1,800 Delhi BJP's WhatsApp groups to 'stem fake-news'

The Delhi BJP has formed hundreds of WhatsApp groups with its national president Amit Shah as a member in each of them for providing "direct information" and curbing fake news.

21 Jul 2018

India

Why can't a hardworking Indian relate to Rahul Gandhi?

Rahul Gandhi comes, he sees, he goofs-up, he comes again, he sees again, and he goofs-up again. And, the cycle repeats.

21 Jul 2018

Jaipur

Rajasthan: Amit Shah arrives in Jaipur to review poll preparations

BJP president Amit Shah arrived in Jaipur today to hold meetings with the party leaders and workers to review the preparations for the upcoming assembly and 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

18 Jul 2018

India

Ex-Rajya Sabha MP, Chandan Mitra resigns from BJP

Former Rajya Sabha MP and current editor of The Pioneer, Chandan Mitra, has resigned from the BJP and is slated to join the Trinamool Congress when West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee holds her annual mega rally on Saturday.

18 Jul 2018

Venkaiah Naidu

Rajya Sabha welcomes seven new members this Monsoon Session

RSS ideologue Rakesh Sinha, classical dancer Sonal Mansingh, and sculptor Raghunath Mohapatra were among the seven new members of Rajya Sabha who took the oath of office today.

14 Jul 2018

Narendra Modi

Mahendrasinh Vaghela, son of ex-Gujarat CM Shankarsinh Vaghela, joins BJP

Former Gujarat CM Shankarsinh Vaghela's son Mahendrasinh, a two-time Congress MLA, has joined BJP today.

13 Jul 2018

India

Modi to address 50 rallies across India before 2019 elections

With an eye on the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, PM Narendra Modi will address 50 rallies across the country by February 2019, covering more than 100 Lok Sabha constituencies.

13 Jul 2018

Bihar

'Bhojpuri Queen' from Assam joins BJP

Bhojpuri singer Kalpana Patowary, who hails from Assam, has joined the BJP in the presence of its president Amit Shah and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi in Bihar's Patna.

11 Jul 2018

India

'Udd Gayi Vikas Ki Chidiya': Congress's T-shirts are a hit

With political mud-slinging becoming pretty mainstream, Indian National Congress has devised a new plan to poke fun at Bharatiya Janata Party. The idea is both creative and sarcastic.

03 Jul 2018

West Bengal

West Bengal: BJP worker's body found with hands, legs tied

On Monday, the body of a BJP worker was discovered floating in a lake in Murshidabad district, West Bengal with his hands and feet tied with a rope.

01 Jul 2018

West Bengal

West Bengal: Congress divided over alliance with ruling TMC

Fissures seem to have appeared in Congress's West Bengal unit over the issue of forging an alliance with the ruling Trinamool Congress for the crucial 2019 polls, with a section of leaders keen on the tie-up and the state leadership rejecting the idea.

30 Jun 2018

West Bengal

West Bengal: After meeting Amit Shah, four families join TMC

In what is sure to leave Bharatiya Janata Party red-faced, four families who reportedly met party president Amit Shah have joined Trinamool Congress on Friday.

30 Jun 2018

West Bengal

Babul Supriyo refuses facilities provided by TMC government in protest

A day after he got into an altercation with the District Magistrate of West Bengal's Purulia while visiting the public rally of BJP President Amit Shah on Thursday, Union Minister of State for Heavy Industries, Babul Supriyo, has decided not to accept any facility provided by Mamata administration in protest.

28 Jun 2018

India

Now, Amit Shah says 'censoring' Vande Mataram led to partition

Taking his despise for Congress further, BJP President Amit Shah on Wednesday said Congress was responsible for India's partition in 1947.

26 Jun 2018

Jammu And Kashmir

Sena slams BJP-PDP breakup; says BJP starting 'election politics' again

The Shiv Sena today slammed the BJP over the BJP-PDP break-up in Jammu and Kashmir and accused the BJP of again starting "election politics" in J&K.

26 Jun 2018

India

Emergency@43: BJP remembers those 'Dark Days'

BJP is today observing "Black Day" to mark 43rd anniversary of the Emergency, imposed on June 25, 1975 by the then PM, Indira Gandhi.

No probe will be ordered into 'exchange-of-currency' in Ahmedabad-bank: Sinha

Former BJP leader Yashwant Sinha yesterday said the government wouldn't order any probe into reports of exchange of currency notes worth Rs. 745.58cr at Ahmedabad District Cooperative Bank within five days of the announcement of demonetization on November 8, 2016.

25 Jun 2018

Rajasthan

Blow to BJP: Five-time Rajasthan MLA quits citing CM's corruption

In yet another blow to the BJP, Ghanshyam Tiwari, a five-time MLA from Rajasthan, has quit the party, citing 'new heights of corruption.'

24 Jun 2018

West Bengal

2019 battle: WB BJP exceeds Shah's expectations, targets 26 seats

Buoyed by its performance in rural polls, the West Bengal BJP unit is set to submit its Lok Sabha blueprint, targeting 26 seats, to party president Amit Shah during his two-day visit to the state from June 27.

24 Jun 2018

Narendra Modi

Centre sent crores for J&K's development, PDP ignored interests: Shah

Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah, during his first rally in J&K after the saffron party pulled the plug on an alliance with Peoples' Democratic Party, blamed former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti for ignoring interests of Jammu and Ladakh.

24 Jun 2018

Samajwadi Party

Battle 2019: BJP deploys 11-member election-teams under 543 poll 'prabharis'

The BJP is gearing up with full force for the 2019 battle. For the first time, it is deploying one in-charge in each of the 543 Lok Sabha seats to oversee preparations.

17 Jun 2018

West Bengal

4 CMs visit AIIMS to inquire about ex-PM Vajpayee's health

Chief Ministers of West Bengal, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, and Jharkhand - Mamata Banerjee, Nitish Kumar, Raman Singh and Raghubar Das, yesterday visited the AIIMS, New Delhi where former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, 93, is undergoing treatment.

13 Jun 2018

Narendra Modi

Vajpayee better, hopeful of full-recovery in few days: AIIMS Director

Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee has shown significant improvement in the last 48 hours and doctors are hopeful of his full recovery in the next few days, AIIMS Director Dr. Randeep Guleria said.

11 Jun 2018

India

'Democracy impossible without opposition': Amit Shah explains meaning of 'Congress-mukt-Bharat'

Launching an attack on Congress President Rahul Gandhi, BJP's Amit Shah on Monday said the phrase 'Congress-mukt Bharat' meant ridding India of the Grand Old Party's culture, and not the party itself.

09 Jun 2018

Narendra Modi

Calling RaGa 'Babua', Shah asks him to enlist Congress's achievements

From the dais as he addressed Jaipur Rural Lok Sabha constituency's workers, Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah called his Congress counterpart 'Babua' (child) and asked him to enlist achievements of the grand old party in the last 70 years.

07 Jun 2018

West Bengal

BJP to conduct nationwide-protest against killing of WB party workers

The BJP leadership is planning to organize a nation-wide agitation against the alleged killing of two party workers in West Bengal's Purulia district, a senior party leader said today.

07 Jun 2018

Lok Sabha

Punjab: Seat-swapping on agenda of Amit Shah and Badals meet

Bharatiya Janata Party's President Amit Shah is set to meet Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)'s patriarch Parkash Singh Badal and chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday.

07 Jun 2018

Maharashtra

Maharashtra: Shah meets Uddhav Thackeray; discusses political-situation with BJP executive-committee

BJP President Amit Shah met the state executive committee of the Maharashtra BJP yesterday night to take stock of the political situation in the state.

06 Jun 2018

Narendra Modi

5 times Shiv Sena said absurd things about ally, BJP

Technically, politics and its absurdity can be perfectly summed up in this idiom - you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours, and nobody gets hurt.

06 Jun 2018

Narendra Modi

Hours before Shah-Thackeray meeting, Sena pokes fun at BJP chief

Shiv Sena has shown its displeasure with ally BJP several times, but today, it chose a crucial moment.

06 Jun 2018

Narendra Modi

Ishrat Jahan case: CBI wanted to arrest Modi, says Vanzara

In controversial claims, former Gujarat DIG DG Vanzara told a court yesterday that the CBI wanted to arrest then CM Narendra Modi and then Gujarat Home Minister Amit Shah in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case.

05 Jun 2018

Mumbai

Mumbai: Amit Shah to meet Tata, Lata, Madhuri tomorrow

BJP president Amit Shah will tomorrow meet industrialist Ratan Tata, Lata Mangeshkar, and actor Madhuri Dixit and share the Modi government's achievements with them as part of his party's "contact for support" campaign.

05 Jun 2018

Uddhav Thackeray

Bickering allies Amit Shah, Uddhav Thackeray to meet tomorrow

Days after the bickering allies contested the Palghar by-poll separately, BJP chief Amit Shah will meet Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray at the latter's residence in Mumbai tomorrow.

04 Jun 2018

Kapil Dev

BJP will contact 4,000 functionaries under 'Sampark for Samarthan' campaign

BJP President Amit Shah met Yoga guru Ramdev, who is associated with Patanjali group of companies, as part of his party's "Sampark for Samarthan" (contact for support) campaign and shared the Modi government's achievements with him.

03 Jun 2018

Bihar

Paswan meets Shah; seeks ordinance on Dalit-crimes, special-status for Bihar

Lok Janshakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan today met BJP President Amit Shah, seeking an ordinance to restore the original provisions of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and called for ensuring reservation in promotion for the community.

31 May 2018

West Bengal

West Bengal: 21-year-old BJP worker's body found with chilling message

In what serves as a grim reminder of crippling state machinery in West Bengal, a young BJP worker was murdered and his body was found hanging from a tree in Purulia district on Wednesday.