New Delhi
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has recorded a new record on Tuesday. He has become the longest living leader on this post. Along with this, he has broken the record of Bharatiya Janata Party veteran LK Advani. The special thing is that he has achieved this achievement on 5 August. On the same day, he announced to abolish Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir in Parliament.
Amit Shah has been on the post of Home Minister of India for 2 thousand 258 days. He held this post for the first time on 30 May 2019 in the second term of Prime Minister Narendra Modi government. After this, even after the NDA government was formed in 2024, he held this post. After Advani on this post, Congress veteran Govind Vallabh Pant has been the longest. While Advani served as Home Minister from 19 March 1998 to 22 May 2004 as Home Minister. At the same time, Pant held this post from 10 January 1955 to 7 March 1961. That is, he was the Home Minister for a total of 6 years 56 days. The special thing is that Shah is also the first cooperative minister of the country. Prior to this, he has also been the Home Minister of Gujarat.
PM Modi praised
On Tuesday, the Prime Minister also praised Home Minister Amit Shah at a meeting with NDA MPs and said that he has now become the longest serving Union Home Minister. The PM said in the speech that August 5 is a historic day because on this day Article 370, who gave special rights to the previous Jammu and Kashmir state, was canceled. He said that the NDA government has followed the constitution in the true sense. The special thing is that on Tuesday, the BJP -led NDA government has held this second meeting during the session of Parliament since the formation of the government in June 2024.
