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The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) website profile of the present Home Minister
of India, Sri Amit Shah says among other things - Amit Shah has risen to Head
the ruling Party of India literally from the grass roots. Initially, he joined the
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and later became an active member of the
Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), to become its Ahmedabad city unit
secretary. Later, he also shouldered the responsibilities of Secretary as well as
Vice President of BJP,Gujarat State. In 1997, he became National Treasurer of
the Bharatiya Janata YuvaMorcha (BJYM).His dedication, dexterity and above
all result oriented performance made him In Charge of several election
campaigns of the National Leaders including that of L K Advani in 1991, Atal
Bihari Vajpayee in 1996, both in Gandhi Nagar Parliamentary constituency. No
wonder, when Shri Narendra Modi had decided to contest his first Assembly
Election in 2001 from Rajkot-2 assembly constituency, Amit Shah was again the
Campaign Chief.