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Rajnath Singh

Rajnath Singh

Height: 1.75 m DOB: July 10, 1951

Rajnath Singh is the senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and has been the Defence Minister of India since 2019. Singh also served as the Union Home Minister in the Narendra Modi government from 2014 to 2019. Rajnath Singh was the president of the BJP twice from 2005 to 2009 and again from 2013 to 2014. He has been a Lok Sabha member from the Lucknow constituency of Uttar Pradesh for the last two terms. In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Singh won the Lucknow seat by defeating Congress candidate Rita Bahuguna Joshi with a margin of 2,72,749 votes. In the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, Singh retained the Lucknow constituency by defeating Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate Poonam Shatrughan Sinha with a margin of 3,47,302 votes. Rajnath Singh also represented the Ghaziabad parliamentary seat from 2009 to 2014. Singh was the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister from 2000 to 2002 and also won the Haidergarh Assembly constituency twice in 2001 (bypoll) and 2002. He was also a member of Rajya Sabha from 1994 to 2001 and again from 2002 to 2008. Singh also served as the Union Cabinet Minister for Agriculture (2003-2004) and Road Transport and Highways (1999-2000) in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA government. Rajnath Singh is again contesting from the Lucknow constituency in the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections 2024.

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Rajnath Singh to address SCO webinar today on 'role of women in Armed Forces'

India | Oct 14, 2021, 07:51 AM IST

Closing address of the webinar will be delivered by Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee Air Marshal BR Krishna. 

BJP will soon declare Veer Savarkar as 'Father Of Nation':

BJP will soon declare Veer Savarkar as 'Father Of Nation': Asaduddin Owaisi

India | Oct 13, 2021, 03:01 PM IST

Asaduddin Owaisi said that the BJP will soon declare Veer Savarkar as 'the father of the nation'.  

Mahatma Gandhi asked Veer Savarkar to file mercy petitions:

Mahatma Gandhi asked Veer Savarkar to file mercy petitions: Rajnath Singh

India | Oct 13, 2021, 09:24 AM IST

Rajnath Singh said that Veer Savarkar's commitment for freedom was so strong that the British sentenced him to life imprisonment twice.

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Rajnath Singh to participate in Shaheed Samman Yatra in poll-bound Uttarakhand on October 24

India | Oct 08, 2021, 11:44 PM IST

BJP is expecting to reach out to voters of every village through the yatra to honour the families who have lost their members in service of the nation.

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Rajnath Singh to visit Southern Naval Command in Kochi on October 2

India | Oct 01, 2021, 04:52 PM IST

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will proceed to Lakshadweep and Minicoy Islands after the event at SNC. 

Why some people demand Khalistan when entire Hindustan

Why some people demand Khalistan when entire Hindustan belongs to them: Rajnath Singh

India | Sep 17, 2021, 11:47 PM IST

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday as to why some people demand Khalistan when the entire Hindustan belongs to them. Singh made the comments while he was at the launch of a book titled 'Shining Sikh Youth of India'.   

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India, Australia to hold '2+2' ministerial dialogue in Delhi

India | Sep 11, 2021, 07:26 AM IST

This visit will attempt to advance Australia's relationship with their close friends and strategic partners in the Indo-Pacific region.

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'15 days instead of 1.5 years': Gadkari promises IAF on emergency landing strips

India | Sep 09, 2021, 05:06 PM IST

Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday inaugurated a 3-km-long emergency landing strip on National Highway 925 for the IAF aircraft.   

Rajnath, Gadkari inaugurate emergency landing strip for IAF

Rajnath, Gadkari inaugurate emergency landing strip for IAF planes on NH in Barmer

India | Sep 09, 2021, 01:01 PM IST

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has developed a 3-km section of Satta-Gandhav stretch of NH-925A, as an Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) for the Indian Air Force.

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VIDEO: Fighter jets land on NH-925 ahead of inauguration in Barmer

India | Sep 08, 2021, 12:11 PM IST

This project will improve connectivity between villages of Barmer and Jalore districts located on the international border, a statement said.

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PM Modi holds high-level meet on Afghanistan; Shah, Rajnath, Sitharaman, Doval participate

India | Sep 06, 2021, 06:48 PM IST

Sources said the ongoing situation in Afghanistan figured in the meeting among other important matters.

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IAF plane with Rajnath, Gadkari to conduct mock emergency landing on highway in Rajasthan's Barmer

India | Sep 06, 2021, 12:58 PM IST

The parts of the 12 national highways that will be used as airstrips are being identified and prepared by the IAF.

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Afghanistan situation raises new security questions: Rajnath Singh

India | Aug 30, 2021, 01:44 PM IST

The Taliban took control of Afghanistan on August 15, capturing all major cities in a matter of days, two weeks before the US was set to complete its troop withdrawal after a vexatious two-decade war.   

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Changes in Afghanistan a challenge for India: Rajnath Singh

India | Aug 29, 2021, 04:57 PM IST

The Defence Ministry is seriously considering the formation of Integrated Battle Groups (IBGs) as quick decision-making is a key aspect during wartime, Rajnath Singh said addressing the Defence Service and Staff College at nearby Wellington.  

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India has great scope to become indigenous ship-building hub: Defence Minister

India | Aug 28, 2021, 01:20 PM IST

On ICGS Vigraha, he said "from its design conception to development, the ship is completely indigenous."

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Rajnath Singh flags off Indian Army's fleet of 5 trauma care ambulances

India | Aug 20, 2021, 01:05 PM IST

The ambulances have been donated by Borderless World Foundation to the Chinar Corps, the Army's strategic unit that guards the Line of Control in Kashmir.

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'Floating island': Onboard India's first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant

India | Aug 14, 2021, 12:22 PM IST

Southern Naval Command (SNC) offered a sneak peek into the engineering marvel that is INS Vikrant, the country's first indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC).

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Pegasus row: After breakfast meeting, Rahul Gandhi, Opposition leaders ride bicycles to Parliament

India | Aug 03, 2021, 12:32 PM IST

The Opposition has been demanding a discussion in Parliament on the Pegasus row and its leaders have been giving adjournment notices every day.

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Nation will never forget sacrifice made by gallant heroes of Kargil conflict: Rajnath Singh

India | Jul 26, 2021, 02:04 PM IST

Singh laid a wreath in the honour of bravehearts who made supreme sacrifice in the service of nation during India's victory in 'Operation Vijay' in 1999, also known as Kargil conflict.

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