Amit Shah

Amit Shah Biography

BJP chief strategist Amit Shah is widely credited for BJP's stellar performance in both 2014 and 2019 elections. He propelled them to a landslide victory in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Gujarat. Shah who served four terms as the MLA of Sarkhej is believed to be Modi's most trusted ally and held a number of pertinent portfolios in the state government during Modi's tenure as chief minister of Gujarat. Shah who also owns a flourished business empire, PVC pipelines, became an RSS swayamsevak (volunteer) during his college in Ahmedabad. His stint in RSS led him to meet Modi in 1982. He contested and won Gandhinagar Lok Sabha polls by a margin of over three lakh votes and eviscerating his rival INC candidate C.J Chavda. Sworn in at the age of 54, he is the youngest serving full-time home minister. On 5 August 2019, Shah moved a resolution to scrap Article 370 in the Rajya Sabha and divide the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two, with Jammu and Kashmir serving as one of the union territories, and Ladakh serving as a separate union territory. In December 2019, he introduced the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, which grants Indian citizenship to religiously persecuted minority communities who migrated to the country before 2015 from the Muslim-majority countries of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.

Amit Shah Personal Life

Full Name: Amit Shah
Date of Birth: 22 Oct 1964 (Age 58)
Place of Birth: Mumbai (Maharashtra)
Party name: Bharatiya Janta Party
Education: B. Sc in Biochemistry
Profession: Social Worker
Father's Name: Anil Chandra Shah
Mother's Name: Shrimati Kusumben Shah
Spouse's Name: Sonalben Shah
Spouse's Profession: Housewife
Children: 1 Son(s)
Religion: Hindu
Caste: Gujrati Baniya
Permanent address 16, Sudeep Society, Royal Crisant, Near Jalsa Party Plot, Sarkhej-Gandhinagar Highway, Ahmedabad -380013
Present address: 11, Akbar Road, New Delhi -110011
Contact number: 079-26881140
Email: amitshah.bjp@gmail.com

Amit Shah Achievements Earlier, only 3,500 workers on an average participated in such training camps annually. After the Amit Shah's guidance, more than 7,25,000 workers joined the camps in 2015. Under the leadership of Amit Shah, the membership of BJP rose from mere 3 crore to more than 11 crore members.