Amit Shah is an Indian politician and a key strategist of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He has served as India’s Minister of Home Affairs since 2019, making him a three-time Home Minister, and has been the country’s first Minister of Cooperation since 2021. Previously, he was the BJP President from 2014 to 2020, playing a crucial role in the party’s electoral successes.
A close aide of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Shah’s political career began with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and its student wing, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). Shah joine the RSS in1982 and the BJP in 1987 and rose up to become a key figure in Gujarat politics. After the 2002 Gujarat assembly elections, he became the youngest minister in then Chief Minister Modi’s cabinet, holding 12 portfolios, including the Ministry of Home. Shah represented the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Sarkhej (1997–2012) and Naranpura (2012–2017).
In 2017, he was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat, and in 2019, he was elected to the Lok Sabha from Gandhinagar. He took oath as a Lok Sabha member in June 2024.
Shah has been embroiled in several controversies, including accusations of involvement in extrajudicial killings during his tenure as Gujarat’s Home Minister and his alleged role in illegal surveillance. His handling of the inter-tribe conflict in Manipur, which began in 2023, has attracted criticism, with many questioning the government’s response to the escalating violence and the security situation in the region.
Well, perhaps he is looking for something long term in the congress. Anyway he was not going to get anything from Amit Shah. He was anyway a congressman even while being a judge.
Late Mr. PVNR, a Brahman, having links with RSS he continued to work as Congressman and soared to the heights of PM office. Justice Thipsay felt the dangerous path RSS is pursuing to divided the society and destabilize the constitutional institutions and decided not to identify himself with that organization, as late Mr. PVNR did. So, this is high time Brahman Society imbibe the ideals of Justice Thipsay and take a firm decision to save themselves being identified as members/sympathizers of RSS even without joining any Political Party. Disowning RSS/BJP will send a strong message across the country.
Very true.
He has set an example to be righteous