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Kiren Rijiju

Kiren Rijiju

Kiren Rijiju is the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader who has been the Union Minister of Earth Sciences and Food Processing Industries in the Narendra Modi Cabinet since 2023 and 2024 respectively. He was also the Minister of Law and Justice from 2021 to 2023, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs and Sports and Minister of State for Minority Affairs from 2019 to 2021. Rijiju was the Minister of State for Home Affairs from 2014 to 2019 in the first Narendra Modi Cabinet. Rijiju won the first Lok Sabha election in 2004 from the Arunachal West constituency when he defeated Arunachal Congress candidate Kamen Ringu with a margin of 47,424 votes. However, he lost the 2009 Lok Sabha polls from the same constituency against Congress candidate Takam Sanjoy by just 1,314 votes. Rijiju left the BJP to join the Congress after his defeat but later returned to the saffron party. Rijiju again won the Arunachal West seat in the 2014 and 2019 elections by defeating Congress candidates Takam Sanjoy and Nabam Tuki respectively. The BJP has again fielded Rijiju from Arunachal West against Congress candidate Nabam Tuki.

Kiren Rijiju

Sports Ministry swings into action to help stranded World Cup winner in US
Other Sports | Apr 10, 2020, 10:24 AM IST
Kiren Rijiju's office on Thursday evening said the Indian Embassy in San Francisco has been contacted and they are sending a doctor to attend Ashok Diwan who is currently dealing with health issues.
Kiren Rijiju reviews SAI's steps on athletes engagement in wake of COVID-19 pandemic
Other Sports | Apr 07, 2020, 04:49 PM IST
Rijiju held a meeting with regional directors of all SAI centres across the country through a video conference call and took a stock of the situation. He also deliberated upon measures needed to be taken once the lockdown is lifted.
COVID-19 | Young footballers have shown young India is ready: Kiren Rijiju
Football | Apr 01, 2020, 03:39 PM IST
Kiren Rijiju has lauded the Indian men's football team and former players for their helping hand towards the fight against COVID-19, saying young athletes have shown the way.

Hima Das requests Kiren Rijiju for access to outdoor training at NIS Patiala
Other Sports | Mar 31, 2020, 05:05 PM IST
Deputy chief national athletics coach Radhakrishnan Nair, who is supporting the move, told that the Hima-led campers at the National Institute of Sports (NIS) are expecting a reply from the ministry in a day or two.
Kiren Rijiju donates one-month salary for fight against COVID-19 pandemic
Other Sports | Mar 29, 2020, 09:29 AM IST
The country is under a 21-day lockdown to contain the spread of the deadly virus that has claimed more than 30,000 lives globally.
Apart from Rs 1 crore from MPLAD funds, Rijiju donates one month salary to fight against coronavirus
Other Sports | Mar 28, 2020, 10:38 PM IST
Kiren Rijiju donated his one month salary over and above Prime Minister Narendra Modi's directive to all BJP MPs to contribute Rs one crore from MPLAD funds in the country's fight against COVID-19 pandemic.

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju donates Rs 1 crore from MPLADS Fund to fight against coronavirus
Other Sports | Mar 28, 2020, 08:57 PM IST
Sports personalities across all disciplines have come forward and donated as India looks to win a battle against the pandemic that has seen countries across the globe come to a standstill.
Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju welcomes IOC's decision to postpone Tokyo Olympics
Other Sports | Mar 24, 2020, 11:07 PM IST
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday announced postponement of the 2020 Games, scheduled for July-August, to the summer of 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic which has brought the world to a standstill.
Athletes returning from high-risk COVID-19 affected nations will be quarantined: Kiren Rijiju
Other Sports | Mar 19, 2020, 05:51 PM IST
Sports minister Kiren Rijiju has insisted that the athletes who are returning from high-risk coronavirus affected nations will be put into quarantine.

Fate of IPL can be decided after April 15, says Kiren Rijiju
Cricket | Mar 19, 2020, 04:09 PM IST
Rijiju reiterated that while it is the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) which decides on cricketing matters, the pandemic is something which has a direct effect on the loves of the citizens of the country.
Government will make efforts to take kabaddi to Olympics: Kiren Rijiju
Other Sports | Mar 19, 2020, 01:57 PM IST
The Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports said kabaddi is an indigenous sport and that the government would make efforts to take it to the Olympics.
Coronavirus pandemic: Sindhu, Hima take WHO #SafeHands challenge; urges Kohli to join in
Other Sports | Mar 17, 2020, 05:36 PM IST
Earlier, ace Indian shuttler P.V. Sindhu had also taken up the challenge and had posted a video on Twitter in which she was seen washing her hands with soap for almost 30 seconds.

All national camps, except those preparing for Olympics, postponed due to COVID-19: Rijiju
Other Sports | Mar 17, 2020, 01:03 PM IST
Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju said the academic training at the National Centre of Excellence and Sports Authority of India Centres will also be suspended. The Olympics are scheduled for July-August this year.
Keep practicing, focus on your training: Kiren Rijiju shares inspiring video for Indian athletes
Other Sports | Mar 16, 2020, 04:07 PM IST
The COVID-19 pandemic, which has claimed over 6,000 lives and infected close to 160,000 people worldwide, has led to the cancellation or postponement of all sporting events across the globe.
Dream to make India sports superpower: Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju in Rajya Sabha
Other Sports | Mar 16, 2020, 02:48 PM IST
Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has said that he dreams to make India a sports 'superpower'.

'A great day for Indian sports': Kiren Rijiju inaugurates Khelo India Winter Games
Other Sports | Mar 07, 2020, 09:28 PM IST
Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju said that it is a 'great day for Indian sports' as the first-ever Khelo India Winter Games launched in Gulmarg.
Expect Tokyo Olympics to go ahead as scheduled despite coronavirus concerns: Kiren Rijiju
Other Sports | Feb 27, 2020, 11:59 AM IST
The Olympic Games are scheduled to be held in July-August this year but a senior IOC member Dick Pound has said that the event might have to be cancelled because of coronavirus.
Government set to start Junior TOPS from this year
Other Sports | Feb 21, 2020, 01:27 AM IST
The TOPS scheme is a flagship program of the Sports Ministry for providing financial assistance to India's top athletes.
Kiren Rijiju asks AKFI to launch inquiry, India team's promoter says nothing wrong in participation
Other Sports | Feb 17, 2020, 08:00 PM IST
The team returned from Lahore after losing in the final on Sunday amid the furore over its participation in an event declared "invalid" by the International Kabaddi Federation.
Kiren Rijiju calls Indian man who ran 100 metres 'faster than Usain Bolt' for SAI trials
Other Sports | Feb 15, 2020, 01:17 PM IST
Sports minister Kiren Rijiju has called Srinivas Gowda for trials under 'top SAI coaches'.