Amit Shah is a famous Indian politician. He is the current Home Minister of India, Chairman of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Member of Lok Sabha. He is a close aide of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He rose to prominence in 2014 for managing the BJP’s campaign in Uttar Pradesh. Under his leadership, the BJP achieved its best performance in Uttar Pradesh, winning 73 out of 80 seats.
Wiki/Biography
Amit Shah was born in Mumbai on Thursday, October 22, 1964 (age 59; as of 2023). His zodiac sign is Libra. His full name is Amit Anilchandra Shah. He graduated from Jyoti High School, Ahmedabad. He studied biochemistry from CU Shah College of Science, Ahmedabad. After college, he worked in his father’s PVC pipe company. Amit Shah also worked as a stockbroker at Ahmedabad Cooperative Bank.
Amit Shah
Amit Shah has been interested in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) since his childhood. He had attended the community branch of the RSS. He officially joined the RSS and became a volunteer when he was in college. In 1982, he met Narendra Modi in Ahmedabad.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′6″
Eye color: black
Hair color: gray
Amit Shah
family, caste and wife
Amit Shah belongs to the Hindu Vaishnav family and is a native of Gujarati Baniya. Earlier, when his caste was unknown, many media personalities and politicians claimed that he was Jain. On April 6, 2018, he refuted these claims at a press conference in Mumbai, saying that he was a Hindu Vaishnavite, not a Jain.
His father Anilchandra Shah was a businessman from Mansa, Gujarat. His mother Kusumben Shah was a housewife. He had six sisters, including Rajeshwariben (eldest daughter) and Aarthi Shah; Rajeshwariben died on January 15, 2024, while undergoing treatment in a Mumbai hospital. Amit Shah is married to Sonal Shah and they have a son, Jay Shah, a businessman who is married to Rishita Patel.
Amit Shah and wife Sonal Shah
Amit Shah’s son Jay Shah and wife Rishita Patel
political career
Amit Shah joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as a volunteer (Swayamsevak) at the age of 14 and participated in RSS events and activities. He joined the RSS and became a member while he was in college in Ahmedabad. Because he was deeply inspired by the nationalist views and spirit of the RSS. In 1982, he met Narendra Modi through the RSS social circle in Ahmedabad.
Amit Shah and Narendra Modi (centre) in 1989
In 1983, he became the leader of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP; student wing of the RSS). He served as ABVP leader for four years, during which time the political wing of the RSS, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was formed. In 1984, Amit Shah became a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. As a member of the BJP, his first assignment was as a poll agent in Naranpura constituency in Ahmedabad. After completing his mission, he was appointed as treasurer of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJYM). Eventually, he was promoted to state secretary and vice-president of the Gujarat BJP. Over the years, he has handled several sports and movements such as Ram Janambhoomi Movement and Ekta Yatra. He successfully handled these movements and made the people of Gujarat support the BJP. This also earned him the opportunity to handle and manage LK Advani’s campaign for the 1989 Lok Sabha elections from Ahmedabad constituency. He successfully managed campaigns for the next two decades until the 2009 election. Amit Shah also managed the campaign of former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee when he contested from Gandhinagar.
Amit Shah with Narendra Modi and LK Advani
In 1995, he contested the Gujarat Assembly elections and won from the Sarkhej Lok Sabha constituency. He was appointed Chairman of the Gujarat Financial Corporation; he managed it very efficiently and it was listed on the stock exchange. However, the PPP’s term ended in just two years in 1997, but Amit Shah had already risen to prominence. The people of Gujarat support and trust him. It is understood that people in the constituency can contact him at any time if they have any questions, which makes him popular among the masses. In the 1998 Gujarat Assembly elections, Amit Shah won with a huge margin.
After Amit Shah won the 2002 parliamentary elections
In 2000, Narendra Modi was elected chief minister of Gujarat; the Bharatiya Janata Party ousted Keshubhai Patel over complaints of ineffective governance. In 2002, Amit Shah won his third consecutive parliamentary election and Narendra Modi appointed him as a cabinet minister. Amit Shah is the youngest minister in the cabinet. Modi had full confidence in Shah and put him in charge of 12 cabinet posts. These include the Ministry of Interior, Civil Protection, Prisons, Law and Justice, and Border Security, among others.
Amit Shah as Gujarat minister
Before the 2014 elections, when Narendra Modi emerged as the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, Amit Shah managed his campaign. He raised awareness and used the help of social media to change people’s perception of Modi. His appointment as the Uttar Pradesh chief of the BJP led to the BJP’s best performance in the state; winning 73 out of 80 seats. After the election, he was appointed president of the Bharatiya Janata Party; the post was held by Rajnath Singh until his appointment as home minister in Narendra Modi’s cabinet.
Amit Shah welcomed as BJP president
In the 2019 general elections, he contested from Gandhinagar constituency in Gujarat and defeated Congress party CJ Chavda by a margin of 5,57,014 votes. On May 30, 2019, Amit Shah was sworn in as a cabinet minister in the Narendra Modi government under the auspices of President Ram Nath Kovind and served as the Home Minister of India.
Amit Shah sworn in as cabinet minister
He contested the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Gandhinagar constituency in Gujarat and won by 7,44,716 votes. On June 9, 2024, he was sworn in as a cabinet minister in the Modi 3.0 government.
dispute
- Amit Shah is accused of destroying evidence and influencing witnesses in the 2002 Gurjat riots; which resulted in the deaths of around 1,000 Muslims.
Amit Shah to be questioned by CBI
- Shah was embroiled in the pryinggate scandal in Gujarat. He was accused of spying on a woman in connection with the Ishrat Jahan encounter. Ishrat Jahan, a 19-year-old girl, met three other people on the outskirts of Gujarat state who were accused of being terrorists and planning to assassinate Narendra Modi.
- In 2010, Amit Shah was accused of plotting to impersonate local criminal Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his wife Kauser Bi and associate Tulsiram Tulsiram Prajapati’s encounter with the police. The case has been handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation. The Central Bureau of Investigation said Sohrabuddin extorted money from Gujarati businessmen who collectively paid Amit Shah to eliminate Sohrabuddin. Amit Shah and some policemen planned to kill Sohrabuddin. However, Amit Shah claimed that he was innocent and that the charges against him were politically motivated. He accused the Congress of using IBI for political gain. The Gujarat police chief said the CBI pressured him to implicate Shah in the case. Amit Shah was later cleared in 2014.
- On July 25, 2010, he was arrested in connection with the Sohrabuddin case. He applied for bail and three months later, the Gujarat High Court granted him bail on October 29, 2010. On October 30, 2019, India’s Central Bureau of Investigation expressed concern over Shah’s use of political power to influence people and obstruct justice. This led to the Gujarat High Court banning him from entering the state from 2010 to 2012. In September 2012, Shah appealed the ruling of the Gujarat High Court to the Supreme Court, after which he was granted bail and allowed to return to Gujarat.
Amit Shah arrested
- In 2017, after Narendra Modi became prime minister and Amit Shah became president of the Bharatiya Janata Party, his son Jai Shah’s company was said to have grown 16,000 times in just one year growth. This led to many political parties calling for Amit Shah to resign as the BJP president. Many claimed that Jay Shah was helped and that Amit Shah should also be investigated.
Amit Shah and Jay Shah
address
- 16, Sudeep Society, Royal Crescent, Sarkhej-Gandhinagar Highway, Ahmedabad
Assets and property
- Bank Deposit: Rs. 16.70 Lakers
- Bonds and Debentures: Rs. 16.30 Crores Rs.
- Jewelry: 910 grams of gold worth Rs. 34 Lakers
- Agricultural Land: Situated at Vadnagar, Gujarat, valued at Rs. 80 Lakers
- Agricultural Land: Located at Lilapur, Gujarat, worth Rs. 45 Lakers
- Non-agricultural land: Located at Shilaj, Gujarat, worth Rs. 6 Crores
- Commercial Building: Situated at Ahmedabad, Gujarat, valued at Rs. 150 Crores
- Commercial Building: Situated at Ahmedabad, Gujarat, valued at Rs. 155 Crores
- Commercial Building: Situated at Gate Nagar, Gujarat, valued at Rs. 15 Lakers
- Residential Building: Located in Gandhinagar, worth Rs. 20 Lakers
- Residential Building: In Ahmedabad, worth Rs. 150 million rupees
- Residential Land: Situated in Gandhinagar, valued at Rs. 71 Lakers
fact
- In 2010, before his arrest in the Sohrabuddin case, he was considered Narendra Modi’s successor as chief minister of Gujarat. However, after Shah’s arrest, many politicians distanced themselves from him and wanted nothing to do with him.
- In 1999, he was appointed as the President of Ahmedabad District Cooperative Bank. The bank was on the verge of failure, so they appointed him to help fix the problem. Amit Shah saved the bank from losses and made a profit of over Rs 27 crore in just one year after taking over as bank governor.
- Amit Shah was so confident that Narendra Modi would become India’s Prime Minister that he predicted it in 1990; Not even becoming the Chief Minister of Gujarat.
Amit Shah and Narendra Modi
- Amit Shah loves to play chess and is the president of the Gujarat Chess Association.
- Amit Shah joined the BJP a year before Narendra Modi.
Amit Shah and Narendra Modi
- On August 19, 2017, Amit Shah was elected to the Federal House of Representatives.
Amit Shah in Federal House
- In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, he broke LK Advani’s victory record in Gandhinagar.
- On December 9, 2019, as the Citizenship Amendment Bill was about to be passed in the Lok Sabha, the Federal Commission on International Religious Freedom had sought US sanctions against Home Minister Amit Shah and key Indian leaders if the bill was The “religious standards” were passed by both houses of parliament. The committee also said the bill was a dangerous shift in the wrong direction as it excluded Muslims and set legal criteria for citizenship based on religion.
- On August 9, 2023, Amit Shah broke the record of 2 hours and 12 minutes set by former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1965 when he spoke during the debate on the no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha. Shah’s speech, which lasted for 2 hours and 13 minutes, highlighted the Centre’s achievements, criticized the opposition and touched on the violence in Manipur in 2023 during the debate on the no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha.
- In June 2024, a video of Amit Shah interacting with Tamilisai Soundararajan during the oath-taking ceremony of Chandrababu Naidu went viral. In the video, Amit Shah is seen having a heated conversation with her. Sandra Rajan later clarified that this was a normal discussion on political issues.
Viral video clip of alleged heated conversation between Amit Shah and Tamilsai Soundararajan
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