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Key Points
Jay Shah is the only son of Home Minister Amit Shah and Sonal Shah. Because of the power of his father, Jay has also become quiteninfluential figure particularly in Gujarat. However, he tried his best to remainnaway from unnecessary media glaze and any sort of controversies.
Jay is currently the Secretary of BCCI. That is the second powerful post in the Indian Cricket Board. However, it is no secret that he is more powerful than that of Saurav Ganguly.
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nProfile of JaynShah
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nJay was born andnbrought up in Ahmedabad in a rich Jain Gujarati family. At the time of hisnbirth, Amit Shah was not actively involved in the politics. Rather he wasnrunning the successful family business of PVC pipes, apart from dealing innshare trading. However, the environment of the family was completely politicalnbecause Amit Shah, apart from taking care of businesses, was also involved withnthe RSS.
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nJay has completedneducation from Ahmedabad. After education, he had also got involved in the familynbusiness. He shifted to Mumbai during the trial of Amit Shah in fake encounterncases. The destiny took a positive turn and everything started to get along thenlines of Amit Shah.
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nWife of Jay Shah
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nJay Shah isnmarried to Hrishita (or, Rishita) Patel. They got married in February, 2015njust after the BJP debacle in the Delhi Assembly Election. Because of this, thencelebration at the marriage ceremony was toned down with less number of guests.
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| Rishita Shah, wife of Jay Shah |
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nRishita is thendaughter of famous builder Gunwant Patel. She is a well-educated girl and happynto remain as a home maker.
