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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.

Japan to declassify 2 crucial files related to Netaji this year
India | Apr 26, 2016, 02:12 PM IST
Two crucial files relating to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose will be declassified by Japan this year-end, but the country has given no assurance regarding three more such files in its custody, government said today.
Kiren Rijiju Raps Chidambaram Over Ishrat Affidavit
National | Apr 25, 2016, 07:13 PM IST
New Delhi: Union minister Kiren Rijiju today accused former Home Minister P Chidambaram of making a “delirious attempt to escape” in the Ishrat Jahan controversy by saying an Under Secretary had signed the second affidavit
No pressure on NIA to give clean chit to anyone: Kiren Rijiju
National | Apr 21, 2016, 10:58 PM IST
The government today said it has not put any pressure on National Investigation Agency (NIA), probing right-wing terror cases including Samjhauta Express and Malegaon blast cases

No human rights in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir: Kiren Rijiju
India | Apr 15, 2016, 04:14 PM IST
New Delhi: In the wake of protests in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK), Union minister Kiren Rijiju today said there is no human rights in that region and this had become amply clear on many occasions
Pathankot attack: No date yet for Indian probe team's visit to Pak, says Kiren Rijiju
National | Apr 01, 2016, 02:29 PM IST
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju today termed the meeting between Pakistan JIT, probing Pathankot attack, and Indian investigators ‘very positive’. He said that the visiting side ‘has not contradicted’ the findings of New Delhi in the Pathankot airbase a
Pakistan cooking up spy story to defame India: Kiren Rijiju
India | Mar 31, 2016, 08:19 AM IST
New Delhi:Minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday accused Pakistan of “cooking up” stories to defame India and of releasing a “doctored video” in which an arrested Indian ex-naval officer is heard purportedly

Pakistan cooking up spy story to defame India: Kiren Rijiju
National | Mar 30, 2016, 05:40 PM IST
New Delhi: The government today accused Pakistan of "cooking up" stories to defame India and of releasing a "doctored video" in which an arrested Indian ex-naval officer is heard purportedly "confessing" to New Delhi`s alleged
Sedition law under review of Law Commission: Govt
National | Mar 16, 2016, 06:28 PM IST
Union Home Ministry today said that the law on sedition is under review of the Law Commission and that the panel has been asked to submit the report at the earliest.
Greenpeace flouted rules, says Rijiju in Lok Sabha
National | Mar 01, 2016, 07:34 PM IST
New Delhi: The FCRA registration of Greenpeace India was cancelled for alleged violation of laws, including false declaration about foreign contribution, the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.Minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju said

Delhi police handled recent incidents 'professionally': Kiren Rijiju
National | Feb 25, 2016, 05:58 PM IST
New Delhi: Delhi police handled the "anti-national and anti-constitutional" event in Jawaharlal Nehru University professionally, Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju said in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.The minister also backed the police
UP saw maximum communal incidents, deaths in 2015: MHA
India | Feb 24, 2016, 05:39 PM IST
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh witnessed the maximum number of communal violence incidents and killings in the country last year followed by Bihar and Maharashtra, the Parliament was informed today.Data on this, in a written reply
Roads being upgraded along international borders: Government
National | Dec 22, 2015, 05:49 PM IST
New Delhi: India is constructing and upgrading roads along the borders with Bangladesh, Pakistan, China and Nepal and plans similar action along the India-Bhutan and India-Myanmar border as well, government told the Lok Sabha today. Minister

Centre had opposed juvenile convict's release: Kiren Rijiju
National | Dec 19, 2015, 06:32 PM IST
New Delhi: Amidst a raging debate on whether the juvenile convict in Nirbhaya gangrape case should have been released, the Centre today said it had opposed his release but the Delhi High Court has ordered
No NHRC team visited Dadri after lynching: Govt tells Lok Sabha
National | Dec 01, 2015, 05:07 PM IST
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) did not send any team to Dadri after the lynching of a Muslim man over suspicion of eating beef.Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju told the
Number of "communal" incidents down since NDA in power: Kiren Rijiju
National | Dec 01, 2015, 02:18 PM IST
New Delhi: The number of communal incidents in the country have declined "substantially" since the NDA government has come to power, the government said in the Lok Sabha today.Responding to a series of supplementaries on

Chidambaram punctured Congress claim of intolerance: Kiren Rijiju
National | Dec 01, 2015, 07:45 AM IST
New Delhi: Amidst the ongoing debate over alleged intolerance, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday said former Finance Minister P Chidambaram's statement that banning Salman Rushdie's book 'The Satanic Verses' was a mistake has punctured
South Indian Muslims more attracted to ISIS: Kiren Rijiju
National | Nov 28, 2015, 04:13 PM IST
New Delhi: In a statement that can trigger a controversy, MoS for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju, said that Muslims from the southern states were attracted more to the ISIS ideology than their north Indian counterparts."It
ISIS can aid infiltration into Kashmir: BSF
India | Nov 27, 2015, 08:15 AM IST
Jammu/New Delhi: A senior Border Security Force (BSF) officer has said that terror group Islamic State can help push militants into Jammu and Kashmir from Pakistan.Speaking to the media, BSF Inspector General Rakesh Gupta said
Islamic State's efforts to induct Indians still going on : Kiren Rijiju
National | Nov 24, 2015, 09:13 PM IST
New Delhi: MoS for Home Kiren Rijiju today said that Islamic State is the latest challenge to India and its efforts to recruit youth from the country are on, the government today said.Rijiju also said
Problems of any community has to be resolved by itself: Kiren Rijiju
National | Nov 24, 2015, 02:58 PM IST
New Delhi: Observing that the threat of terror is not confined to one country, region or religion, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju today said if any aberration comes from any particular community, the initiative to resolve