Rajnath Singh

Senior leader of the Bhartiya Janta Party and the incumbent Home Minister of India, Singh started his political career in 1975, as the district president of Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh for the Bhartiya Jan Sangh, the predecessor of the BJP. He was the district coordinator for the JP movement and was imprisoned for 18 months during the Emergency. A long time associate of the Rashrtiya Swyamsevak Sangh, Rajnath Singh became the BJP’s youth wing president in 1984, Uttar Pradesh. He soon rose to ranks and became the state education minister in 1991. In 1994, he was elected to be a Rajya Sabha MP which was soon followed by him becoming the UP state president for the BJP. After serving as a cabinet minister in the 1997 Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, in 2000 Singh was inducted as the chief minister of UP. He again served in the cabinet, as the Minister of Agriculture from 2003-04. In 2005, after party veteran LK Advani resigned following NDA’s loss in the 2005 Lok Sabha elections, Singh was elected as BJP’s National President -- a position he held again in 2013, after his successor Nitin Gadkari was forced to resign amid corruption charges. In 2014, he was elected as a Lok Sabha member from Lucknow, and has been serving as the Minister of Home Affairs since.
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Sukhbir Singh Badal meets Rajnath Singh, raises Sikhs’ issues

The SAD delegation also presented a memorandum along with SGPC president Gobind Singh Longowal which called for the formation of a special court for day to day trial of “all cases of 1984 Sikh genocide in Delhi to ensure time-bound delivery of justice”.

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Kerala floods: Rajnath Singh announces Rs 100 crore immediate assistance for affected areas

Kerala floods: After conducting an aerial survey of rain-hit districts, Rajnath Singh said, “I understand the sufferings of the people of Kerala from the present crisis. Since assessment of damage would take time, I am announcing an immediate relief of additional Rs 100 crore.”

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Kerala rains HIGHLIGHTS: Centre announces additional relief worth Rs 100 crores, flood loss estimated at Rs 8,316 crores

Kerala rains HIGHLIGHTS: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday estimated the preliminary loss, due to the floods, to be around Rs 8,316 crore.

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Rajnath Singh visits Vajpayee at AIIMS, former PM’s condition ‘stable’

Vajpayee was admitted to AIIMS earlier in June for a routine check-up, where he was diagnosed with urinary tract infection.

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Shouldn’t govt have data on deshis, videshis, Rajnath Singh asks Opposition

Addressing the Uttar Pradesh BJP state executive meeting, Rajnath Singh also praised the Yogi Adityanath government in the state, saying that he has got reports from various agencies about its success on the law and order front.

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There should be no politics over NRC: Rajnath Singh

Rajnath Singh reiterated that this was not the final NRC, but a draft and adequate time would be given to settle all claims and objections.

NRC fair and objective, unruly TMC MPs detained on intel input: Rajnath Singh

Six TMC lawmakers were detained at Silchar airport on Thursday while attempting to visit Assam after the publication of the draft NRC. Assam has a BJP-led government.

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Quietly, Delhi kept Dhaka in NRC loop: No deportation talk

The draft NRC was published Tuesday. After the draft was made public, Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Harshvardhan Shringla met Bangladesh Foreign minister A H Mahmood Ali and Bangladesh’s ruling party, Awami League’s general secretary Obaidul Quader, who is also the Transport Minister.

Delhi confidential: The Gift

Unlike the Prime Minister, who had to leave behind his gift, Rajnath Singh came back with his present. But it’s not with him now — Singh has deposited in Toshkhana, the government treasurehouse for gifts received by public officials.

'Completely dissatisfied' with Home Min's statement, TMC to chalk out plan for Monday

‘Completely dissatisfied’ with Home Minister’s statement, Trinamool Congress to intensify protests against NRC

TMC staged protests in both Houses of Parliament today over the detention of some of its leaders in Assam’s Silchar yesterday, over which the Lok Sabha was adjourned briefly.

Assam NRC: No coercive action will be taken against anyone, creating fear condemnable, says Rajnath Singh

Assam NRC: No coercive action will be taken against anyone, creating fear condemnable, says Rajnath Singh

Rajnath Singh said, “Procedure of NRC started in 1985 through the Assam accord when the late Rajiv Gandhi was the Prime Minister. The decision to update was taken by former PM Manmohan Singh in 2005.”

Mamata Banerjee warns of ‘bloodbath, civil war’, Mayawati says Assam NRC draft ‘anarth’

Mamata Banerjee accused the “ruling party” of discriminating against and “questioning the Indianness of Indians” who do not support it, and warned that this would lead to “a civil war, a bloodbath”.

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Congress: Amit Shah’s remarks on Assam NRC contradict Rajnath’s

It also asked the government and the BJP not to play politics over NRC, as doing so would be against “national interest and national unity”.

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Assam NRC row: Rajnath Singh assures ‘transparency in updation of list’ as Mamata Banerjee warns of civil war

BJP launched an all-out attack on the opposition parties including the Mamata’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) and asked them to clarify their stand on the issue.

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Amid Assam NRC storm, Mamata Banerjee to meet Rajnath Singh today

On a three-day visit to Delhi, the TMC supremo also has engagements with Yashwant Sinha and BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha, two fierce critics of the government, at advocate Ram Jethmalani’s residence.