Amit Shah, full name Amitbhai Anilchandra Shah, is an Indian politician and a prominent leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Here is a summary of information available about him:
Personal Details:
Born: 22 October 1964, in Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India.
Family Background: Born into a Gujarati family.
Education: Graduated with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Biochemistry from CU Shah Science College in Ahmedabad.
Current Political Roles (as of the context):
Minister of Home Affairs (since May 2019). He is noted as the longest-serving Minister of Home Affairs.
Minister of Co-operation (since July 2021). He is the first person to hold this position.
Member of Parliament (MP) for the Gandhinagar constituency in the Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian Parliament).
Political Career History:
Early Affiliations: Joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) around 1982 and later became an active member of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the RSS. He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 1987.
Gujarat State Politics:
Served as a five-term MLA of the Gujarat assembly (1997–2017).
Served as a Minister of State for Home, Law and Justice, Prison, Transport, and other departments in the Gujarat government under then-Chief Minister Narendra Modi (from 2002 to 2010).
National Roles in BJP:
Served as the National President of the BJP from July 2014 to 2020. During his presidency, the BJP reportedly became the world's largest political party with over 10 crore registered members.
Was the BJP's In-Charge for Uttar Pradesh during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, where the party-led alliance achieved significant success.
Parliamentary Experience (Pre-2019 Lok Sabha):
Was an elected Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha (upper house of the Indian Parliament) from Gujarat from 2017 to 2019.
Other Roles and Interests:
He is an avid cricket lover and a voracious reader whose major interests are history and literature.
Served as President of the Gujarat Cricket Association (since 2014) and previously held the position of Vice-President.
He is a trustee of the Somnath Trust, Gujarat (since 2016).
He has held several positions in the cooperative sector, including Chairman of the Ahmedabad Dist. Co.opp. Bank.
Key Political Events/Actions as Home Minister:
Oversaw the abrogation of Article 370 of the Indian constitution.
Oversaw an amendment to the Citizenship Act.
Note: The context mentions that Amit Shah was "falsely accused of Sohrabuddin encounter while he was the Minister in Gujarat," which led to his resignation and spending three months in jail during the trial. It also notes he has "never lost an election he has contested."
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