In the 2004 general election, Kiran Rijiju was elected as a member of the 14th Lok Sabha, representing the constituency of Arunachal West. Rijiju entered the Lok Sabha for the second time in 2014 from the Arunachal (West) constituency. In the 2009 general election, Rijiju was defeated by a very thin margin of 1314 votes by the Congress candidate under very controversial circumstances which witnessed massive violence amidst allegation of polling booth capturing by Congress Party. In the 2014 general election, Kiren Rijiju was again elected as a Member of Parliament in the 16th Lok Sabha, representing the Arunachal West constituency. Kiren Rijiju defeated Takam Sanjoy of the Indian National Congress by a margin of 43,738 votes. Immediately he found a place in Narendra Modi's first best of 45 Council of Minister's list.
Read MorePashupati Kumar Paras resigned on Tuesday (March 19) as he accused the BJP of doing injustice with his Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party (RLJP) by excluding it from the seat-sharing deal with allies for the Lok Sabha polls in Bihar.
The Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, which will cover around 6,700 km - mostly on buses with stretches of walking - and culminate on March 20, comes nearly year after former Congress president Rahul Gandhi completed Bharat Jodo Yatra on foot from Kanyakumari to Kashmir, traversing over 4,000 km in 136 days.
Muizzu formally requested India to withdraw its military personnel from the country during a meeting with Union Minister Kiren Rijiju. India and the Maldives agreed to discuss 'workable solutions' to continue the use of Indian military platforms, said government sources.
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju was accompanied by Munu Mahawar, India’s High Commissioner to Maldives, and other officials from the Indian High Commission. The new Maldivian Foreign Minister Moosa Zameer and other officials from the host country were present on the occasion.
Apart from Rijiju, the ceremony was well attended by several leaders from South Asia, diplomats, and even some former presidents from all over the world. The ceremony was attended by former president Ibrahim Mohamed Solih of the outgoing administration.
Assembly election on all 40 seats in Mizoram will take place on November 7 and the counting of votes is scheduled for December 3. In 2018 polls, the BJP won just one seat.
The marathon is India's first high-altitude marathon and has been organised by the state government with assistance from the Indian Army.
In December, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh said that the deep ocean mission involving indigenous submersible MATSYA-6000 is expected to come to fruition by 2026.
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said that the Centre has sanctioned the upgradation of 91 roads and 30 long-span bridges in Arunachal Pradesh.
Rahul Gandhi's remarks against PM Modi describing him as a "specimen" who thinks he knows more than God triggered a fresh spell of war of words between BJP and Congress leaders.
Kiren Rijiju's car was hit by a truck on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban on Saturday. No injuries were reported in the road accident.
Adani Row: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday alleged that the Adani issue is being raked up to brighten the political career of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
Former civil servants on Thursday condemned Law Minister Kiren Rijiju for his remarks on the judiciary.
Congress leader Digvijaya Singh's latest tweet offered an opportunity to BJP leaders as he thanked a foreign ministry over Rahul Gandhi row. Rijiju cashed it and sarcastically thanked Rahul Gandhi to invite foreign forces to intervene in India's internal matters.
"we must understand that we are in a democracy. There are bound to be certain differences in terms of some outlooks but you can't have conflicting positions," said Law Minister.
The collegium, headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, said notification for the elevation of persons recommended earlier in point of time should be issued at the earliest.
The Centre has opposed in the Supreme Court a batch of pleas seeking legal validation of same-sex marriage, saying it would cause complete havoc with the delicate balance of personal laws and accepted societal values.
US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo is currently on a visit to India.
Without naming Gandhi, the law minister asserted that ‘calibrated attempts’ were being made from inside and outside the country to defame the judiciary.
Assembly elections results: Uinon Minister Kiren Rijiju, while speaking on India TV, slammed Congress saying the party is no longer relevant and BJP is the future of the northeast.
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