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Congress sinking ship, people rejected communist rule: Amit Shah in Tripura

Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Monday held a roadshow from 'Ashram Chowmuhani' to 'Chowmuhani Mode' at Banmalipur in Agartala

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HM Amit Shah, Bengal CM Banerjee to arrive in poll-bound Tripura today

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is set to arrive in Tripura on Monday to address two election rallies, and join a roadshow to boost the BJP's campaign in the poll-bound state, a party leader said. Elections to the 60-member assembly will be held on February 16. Counting will take place on March 2. During the visit, Amit Shah ji will address Vijay Sankalp' rallies in South Tripura's Santirbazar and Khowai, and attend a roadshow in Banamalipur constituency of Agartala, he said. Security arrangements have been tightened in the northeastern state in view of the Union minister's visit, a senior police officer said on Monday. Shah had participated in two Rath Yatras in Tripura last month, beginning the saffron party's campaign for the assembly polls. TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is also scheduled to arrive in the state on Monday, and attend a roadshow and address a public meeting on Tuesday. She will arrive on Monday evening and visit Udaipur to offer prayer

Assembly Election: HM Amit Shah to address rallies in Tripura today

Shah will address two election rallies at Khowai in the Khowai district and Santirbazar in the South Tripura district. The Union Minister will also join a road show in Agartala city today

HM Shah assures delegation from Sikkim of intervention amid protests

Home Minister Amit Shah assured a delegation of BJP leaders from Sikkim on Sunday that the finance and home ministries will file a review plea before the Supreme Court to seek clarity on the term "Sikkimese" in line with constitutional provisions, official sources said. The assurance from Shah came amid protests in Sikkim over the Supreme Court observation referring to Sikkimese Nepalis as "immigrants" while extending income tax exemption to all old settlers of the state. Shah told the delegation that sentiments of the Sikkimese community are respected. "The people of Sikkim are an integral and essential part of India. And the constitutional provision for the people of Sikkim shall be protected," he told them, sources said. The delegation was led BJP state president D R Thapa and included members of the Joint Action Committee and the Sikkimey Nagarik Samaj. They apprised Shah about the issue of foreigners tag to Sikkimese of Nepali origin and distortion of the definition of ...

Home Minister Amit Shah visits Anukul Chandra Ashram in Jharkhand's Deoghar

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday visited the Thakur Anukul Chandra Ashram in Jharkhand's Deoghar district. Shah visited the ashram in Deoghar and stayed there for 20 minutes, an ashram official said. "Had the good fortune to visit Sree Sree Thakur Anukulchandra Ji's Satsang Ashram in Deoghar today. Anukulchandra Ji was not only a philosopher but also a physician, his life was devoted to the welfare of the poor," Shah said in a Twitter post. An office bearer of the ashram, Prasant Sahoo told PTI, "The Home minister offered his prayer to Sree Sree Thakur and Sree Sree Boroma. He also had a discussion with Aacharyadev Arkadyuti Chakravarty alias Babai Da. He left Ashram at 10.05 am. After visiting the ashram the Home minister left for Delhi. On Saturday evening, Shah held a meeting with members of the BJP core committee in the state in a bid to chalk out a strategy for Rajmahal Lok Sabha seat. Shah during his public rally in Deoghar on Saturday appealed to people to send a 'K

HM Amit Shah to address two election rallies in Tripura on Monday

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address two election rallies in Tripura on Monday, a senior party leader said. Shah is scheduled to land at MBB Airport here on Sunday at 11.30 pm. On Monday, Shah will address two election rallies at Khowai in Khowai district and Santirbazar in South Tripura district. The Union Minister will also join a road show in Agartala city on Monday, the senior party leader said. Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha along with Yuva Morcha state president Nabadal Banik visited Khowai and Santir Bazar on Saturday to see the preparations for the two election rallies to be addressed by the Union Home Minister. Security arrangements have been beefed in the capital town in view of the road show to be led by the Union Home Minister, said a senior police officer on Sunday. Earlier, the Union Home Minister visited the state on January 5 and attended two Rath Yatras - one from North Tripura's Dharmanagar and another from South Tripura's Sabroom commencing the party's

Amit Shah to visit Jharkhand's Deoghar today; will address BJP rally

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to visit Jharkhand's Deoghar, where he will lay the foundation stone of a nano urea plant of IFFCO and address a BJP rally on Saturday. He will also take part in the centenary celebrations of Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapeeth, besides paying obeisance at the famed Baba Baidyanath Temple, as per an official statement. "The Union home minister is scheduled to lay the foundation stone of a Rs 300-crore nano urea plant of the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO)," the company's Managing Director U S Awasthi told PTI. This will be the fifth nano urea plant in the country, he said. Shah will then address the 'Vijay Sankalp Rally' of the BJP, an opposition party in Jharkhand. He will also be participating in the centenary celebrations of Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapeeth in Deoghar, the official statement said. Shah's visit is considered crucial in view of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and assembly polls due next year. He had visited Chaibas

Amit Shah to visit K'taka on Feb 11 to take part in co-operative convention

Union Minister for Home and Co-operation Amit Shah will be visiting Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district to participate in a co-operative convention on February 11. The convention is being held at Puttur in connection with the golden jubilee celebrations of the central arecanut and cocoa marketing and processing co-operative limited (CAMPCO). The event will be held at the Vivekananda educational institution at Tenkila at 3 PM, CAMPCO sources said. He will also be visiting CAMPCO's chocolate factory in Puttur. This is the first visit of Shah to Dakshina Kannada ahead of the Assembly elections in the state. BJP Sankalpa Abhiyan campaign is presently going on in Puttur taluk. The BJP leader is also expected to take part in the convention at Puttur as part of the campaign, party sources said. BJP had won seven of the eight Assembly seats in Dakshina Kannada district in the 2018 elections.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah welcomes 'all-inclusive and visionary' budget

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said the "all-inclusive and visionary" Budget 2023-24 will give further impetus to the Modi government's resolve for building a self-reliant India, taking every section along. In a series of tweets in Hindi with the hashtag '#AmritKaalBudget', Shah said the target of increasing capital expenditure by 33 per cent to Rs 10 lakh crore for infrastructure development and keeping the fiscal deficit at 5.9 per cent is commendable. This reflects the foresight of the Modi government to build a new India with strong infrastructure and a strong economy, he said. "The budget-2023 brought by the Modi government is a budget that lays a strong foundation of Amritkal. "I am sure that this all-inclusive and visionary budget will give further impetus to the resolve of the Modi government for a self-reliant India, taking every section along. Congratulations to @narendramodi and (union finance minister) @nsitharaman for this," he said. Shah thanked Prime ...

Home Minister Amit Shah likely to hold rallies in Tripura on Feb 6,12

Home Minister Amit Shah is likely to address a series of rallies in Tripura on February 6 and 12 in his first political tour of the northeastern state after its assembly poll schedule was announced by the Election Commission. The BJP-ruled state is scheduled to vote for its 60-member assembly on February 16. Two other northeastern states, Nagaland and Meghalaya, will go to polls on February 27. The counting of votes for all three states is on March 2. Shah will also be holding public meetings in Nagaland and Meghalaya, and the schedule is being finalised, party sources said. The three poll-bound northeastern states may be small in terms of their electoral size but hold larger political significance. While the BJP is pulling out all the stops to retain power in Tripura and expand its footprints in the two other states, the Congress and the Left are trying to recapture their lost influence, especially in Tripura.

PM Modi, Amit Shah pay tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on Martyrs' Day

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on his death anniversary and also remembered those who sacrificed their lives in the service of the nation

BJP wants to better its past record ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha election

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Amit Shah asks youth to make India number one in every field by 2047

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday asked the youth to join hands in nation building and ensure that when the country celebrates its centenary year of independence in 2047, India is number one in every field. He also called on the youth to take a resolve for progress in their personal lives and also to contribute towards nation building in some field, in this 75th year of independence. "When we celebrate the centenary year of independence in 2047, in every field this great nation of ours should be number one. To build such a nation, you the youth must join hands on the appeal of PM Modi and contribute in building a great India," Shah said. Speaking at the platinum jubilee celebrations of B V Bhoomaraddi College and after inaugurating an indoor stadium at the campus, he listed out progress made by the country in various fields and strong foundations laid by the government for development in a number of areas. Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who is also an alumni of

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Shah to visit poll-bound K'taka on Saturday; to address rally in Belagavi

Besides attending a mega road show, the BJP leader will also address a massive public rally in Belagavi

Home Minister Shah to visit Karnataka on Jan 28 to attend various events

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be arriving in poll bound Karnataka's Hubballi-Dharwad and Belagavi on January 28 to attend various events and take part in a road show organised by the BJP. The visit to what is known as Kittur-Karnataka (Mumbai-Karnataka) region, where BJP is considerably strong, is the second such by Shah to the state within a month. The Karnataka unit of BJP hopes this tour and more such visits by the BJP leadership in the days to come, will help the party in mobilising its cadre base and achieve its mission 150 target (winning at least 150 out of 224 seats) in the assembly polls due by May, and come back to power. "Amit Shah will be arriving and staying in Hubballi on January 27, and on January 28 morning there are two progrmammes, one is KLE's BVB college's 75 years anniversary and inauguration of an indoor stadium, then he will laying foundation for Forensic Science Laboratory in Dharwad," Karnataka BJP General Secretary Mahesh Tenginkai said. Speaking to .

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'India first country to name islands after soldiers', says Amit Shah

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