Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Chennai last night (April 10) at 10:20 PM on a special flight from Delhi. He was warmly received at the airport by Union Minister L. Murugan, Tamil Nadu BJP President K. Annamalai, and other senior party leaders. Following his arrival, he stayed at a star hotel in Guindy. Amit Shah held crucial discussions… Continue reading "Amit Shah holds meeting with TN BJP leaders in Chennai"
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will undertake a brief visit to Chennai on April 11 and is likely to hold discussions with senior BJP leaders. Apart from informally reviewing the party’s functioning in Tamil Nadu, he may also discuss alliance prospects in the state, where Assembly polls are due next year. “His one-day visit will be significant as he may… Continue reading "Amit Shah to visit Chennai today"
Terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir has been curbed but “our mission is still not accomplished” as the scourge has not been completely eliminated, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Monday after meeting the families of 10 police personnel and an engineer who lost their lives in various terror attacks over the past one year. Shah said significant progress has… Continue reading "Terrorism curbed but not completely eliminated in J&K: Home Minister Amit Shah"
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has exuded confidence the BJP will remain in power at the Centre for at least 30 years due to its consistent performance. In a democracy, he said, the victory of any party depends on its hard work and if it toils day in and and day out and “if you live not for yourself but… Continue reading "BJP will be in power at Centre for at least 30 years: Amit Shah"
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday lashed out at the West Bengal government for allegedly not cooperating with the fencing work along the Bangladesh border. He alleged that the Bangladeshi infiltrators and Rohingyas were entering India through West Bengal, but the fencing of around 450 km border was pending as the state government did not give land. “Whether Bangladeshi… Continue reading "‘India is not a Dharamshala’: Amit Shah"
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday rejected a privilege notice against Union Home Minister Amit Shah after he cited a 1948 government press release to authenticate his statement that a Congress leader was part of the management of Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh had moved the notice against Shah for “casting aspersions” on Congress… Continue reading "Jagdeep Dhankhar rejects Congress’s privilege notice against Amit Shah"
Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said that separatism in Jammu and Kashmir is now history, citing two Hurriyat-linked organisations severing ties with separatism. He called it a major step towards national unity and credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership for the change. “Separatism has become history in Kashmir. The unifying policies of the Modi government have tossed separatism… Continue reading "Amit Shah says separatism in Jammu and Kashmir is now history"
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday hit out at DMK over its opposition to the three-language formula and alleged that some parties raked up the language issue to hide their corruption. “Some parties are raking up the language issue for their own politics. They are doing it just to hide their corruption,” Shah said while replying to the debate… Continue reading "Language issue raked up to hide corruption in Tamil Nadu: Amit Shah"
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that the Government will show “no mercy for drug cartels” and said that the Narendra Modi-led Central Government’s “bottom to top and top to bottom” approach to combat drug trafficking. “No mercy for drug cartels. Accelerating the Modi govt’s march to build a drug-free Bharat, a massive consignment of methamphetamine tablets worth Rs88 crore… Continue reading "‘No mercy for drug cartels’: Amit Shah"
Hours after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin accused the Centre of imposing Hindi on non-Hindi speakers, Home Minister Amit Shah urged the state government to introduce medical and engineering courses in Tamil. Shah claimed that the DMK chief has not done enough in this regard and that it is Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government that has made key changes… Continue reading "Amit Shah urges TN government to introduce medical and engineering courses in Tamil"