Amit Shah Age, caste, wife, children, family, biography and more
Amit Shah
Bio
Full Name: Amitabhai Anilchandra Shah
Nickname: Amit
Profession: Politician
Politics
Political Party: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
BJP's party flag
Political journey
• In 1983, he became the leader of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), a student organization of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
• In 1984, he became a member of BJP
• In 1987, he became an activist of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the youth wing of the BJP.
In 1991, he campaigned for Lal Krishna Advani in Gandhinagar during the Lok Sabha elections.
• In 1995, he was elected as an MLA from Sarkhej constituency in Gujarat and became 4 times MLA from the same constituency.
• In 2009, he was appointed as the vice-chairman of the cash-rich Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA).
• In 2014, he became the President of the BJP and his strategy was credited to the spectacular victory of Narendra Modi in the general elections.
• In August 2017, he was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat.
• In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, he defeated Congress's CJ Chavda from Gandhinagar in Gujarat by 5,57,014 votes.
• On 30 May 2019, he became a Cabinet Minister and was sworn in as the Home Minister of India.
Personal life
Date of Birth: 22 October 1964
Age (till 2020): 56 years
Birthplace: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Zodiac: Libra zodiac
Nationality: Indian
Hometown: Mehsana, Gujarat, India
School: A local school in Mehsana, Gujarat
College: CU Shah Science College, Ahmedabad
Educational Qualification: B.Sc. In biochemistry
family
Father- Anilchandra Shah
Mother- Kusumben Shah
Brother- not known
Sister- Aarti Shah
Religion: Hinduism
Note: Earlier, some sources had pointed out that Amit Shah was not a Hindu but a Jain, which he clarified in a press conference in April 2018 that "I am a Hindu Vaishnava, not a Jain." [1]
Caste: Gujarati tradesman
Hobbies: Reading, watching cricket and social service
Address: 16, Sudeep Society, Royal Christant, Sarkhej-Gandhinagar Highway, Ahmedabad
Physical stats and more
Height (approx): In centimeters - 168 cm
In meters - 1.68 meters
Ft inch - 5 '6' in
Weight (approx): in kg - 90 kg
In pounds - 198 pounds
Eye color: black
Hair Color: White
Controversies
• In 2010, he was arrested for various charges like murder and extortion, which followed Narendra Modi's chances of becoming CM of Gujarat. He was also banned from visiting Gujarat. But, in 2012, he was allowed by the Supreme Court to enter Gujarat.
He was charged with a "fake encounter case" and a role in the murders of Sohrabuddin Shaikh, his wife Kausar Bi and his partner Tulsiram Prajapati. The CBI said that 2 Rajasthani traders paid them to get rid of Sohrabuddin who was harassing them.
He was charged with damaging evidence and influencing witnesses in the 2002 Gujarat riots and spying on a woman in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case.
• Soon after the Narendra Modi-led BJP came to power at the Center, Amit Shah's son, Jai Shah's company registered a 16,000-fold increase in business. He was widely criticized in the media for this meteorite. Subsequently, Jai Shah filed a defamation suit against "The Wire" for reporting these figures.
Favorite things
Favorite food: poha
Favorite politician: Narendra Modi
Girls, affairs and more
Marital Status: Married
Cases / Girlfriends: Not Known
Wife: Sonal Shah
Amit Shah with his family
Children: Daughter- None
Son- Jai Shah
Amit Shah Putra Jai Shah
Money factor
वेतन (संसद सदस्य के रूप में): रु। 1 लाख + अन्य भत्ते
Note: His affidavit, filed in 2019, mentioned his sources of income as salary received as Rajya Sabha MP, rent on properties and income from agricultural activity
Net Worth (approx.): Rs. 38.81 crore (as in 2019)
Amit Shah
Some Lesser Known Facts About Amit Shah
He became MLA from Sarkhej in 4 consecutive elections: 1997, 1998, 2002 and 2007.
He also worked in Stockbroker and Ahmedabad co-operative banks.
He first met Narendra Modi in 1982 in Ahmedabad RSS circles.
In 2002, when Narendra Modi formed the government in Gujarat, he was given charge of several key departments including Home, Parliamentary Affairs and Law and Justice.
He was the President of Ahmedabad District Cooperative Bank (ADCB) in 2000.
He loves chess, and was also the president of the Gujarat Chess Association.
In 1986, he joined the BJP, a year before Narendra Modi joined the party.
He managed the election campaigns of Lal Krishna Advani in 1991, Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1996 and Narendra Modi in 2014.
His son, Jai Shah is an engineer from Nirma University and is the joint secretary of the Gujarat Chess Association.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, he broke LK Advani's winning record from the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency in Gujarat, after defeating rival Congress candidate CJ Chavda by a margin of 5,57,014 votes. In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Advani won the seat with a margin of 4, 83, 121 votes.
On 9 December 2019, when the Civil Amendment Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha, the United American Commission on Internal Religious Freedom demanded US sanctions against Home Minister Amit Shah and the principal Indian leadership if the bill was accompanied by "religious norms" . is. Passed by both houses of parliament. The commission also said that the bill was a dangerous turn in the wrong direction; Because it establishes a legal norm for citizenship based on religion, excluding Muslims.
References / Sources:
1. TV NDTV
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