Who is Amit Shah, the Indian minister accused of criminal plots in Canada?

India Home Minister Amit Shah speaks while releasing the manifesto of the party for the upcoming Legislative Assembly elections in Jammu, India, Friday, Sep.6,2024.

India's interior minister Amit Shah, accused by Canada of being behind plots to target Sikh separatists in that country, has been Prime Minister Narendra Modi's closest aide for decades and is widely seen as his hard-nosed alter ego and potential successor.