Amit Shah

Amit Shah Ministry of Home Affairs, GODL-India

Indian politician and 32nd Union Minister of Home Affairs

Amit Anilchandra Shah is an Indian politician who has served as the 32nd Minister of Home Affairs since 2019, the longest-serving holder of the office in Indian history. Additionally he has been the 1st Minister of Co-operation since July 2021. He is also the member of parliament (MP) for Gandhinagar. He served as the 10th president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 2014 to 2020. He has also served as chairman of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) since 2014. He had been elected as a member of the upper house of parliament, Rajya Sabha, from Gujarat from 2017 to 2019. Shah is a chief strategist of the BJP and an ardent ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Also known as...Amit Anil Chandra Shah, Amitbhai Anilchandra Shah, and Amitbhai Shah
Record turnout in West Bengal polls

Record turnout in West Bengal polls West Bengal assembly elections saw a record-breaking 92.8% voter turnout in the first phase, despite a massive purge of the voter rolls.