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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.

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Kiren Rijiju

  • aaj ki baat government knows rahul gandhi s whereabouts

    Aaj Ki Baat: Government knows Rahul Gandhi's whereabouts says MOS Home Kiren Rijiju

    National | Mar 16, 2015, 11:31 PM

    In an exclusive interview with India TV Editor & Chairman Rajat Sharma, Ministry of Home Affairs, state Kiren Rijiju disclosed that the government knows the whereabouts of congress leader Rahul Gandhi but he would not

  • delhi police submits report to mha in rahul gandhi snooping

    Delhi Police submits report to MHA in Rahul Gandhi snooping case

    National | Mar 16, 2015, 11:25 AM

    New Delhi: Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi today submitted report to Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi snooping case.He also briefed Home Secretary, LC Goyal, and MoS for Home, Kiren Rijiju,

  • ensure lakhvi doesn t get out of jail india tells pakistan

    Ensure Lakhvi doesn't get out of jail: India tells Pakistan

    India | Mar 13, 2015, 04:08 PM

    New Delhi: India on Friday asked the Pakistani authorities to ensure that 26/11 mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi is not released from jail."All documents related to his involvement in the Mumbai attack case have not been

  • 22.7 pc border with bangladesh unfenced kiren rijiju

    22.7 pc border with Bangladesh unfenced: Kiren Rijiju

    National | Mar 12, 2015, 08:11 AM

    New Delhi: About 6.3 per cent of India-Pakistan border and 22.7 per cent of India-Bangladesh border comprises unfenced riverine stretches and these are being patrolled with the help of speed boats and floating border outposts,

  • 18 cases of honour killing registered in 2014 govt

    18 cases of 'honour killing' registered in 2014: Govt

    India | Mar 04, 2015, 05:57 PM

    New Delhi: A total of 18 cases of ‘honour killing' were registered in 2014, Rajya Sabha was informed today.Minister of State for Home Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary said as per information provided by the National Crime

  • citizenship bill introduced in lok sabha

    Citizenship bill introduced in Lok Sabha

    National | Feb 27, 2015, 11:06 PM

    New Delhi: A bill seeking to merge Person of Indian Origin and Overseas Citizenship of India was introduced in Lok Sabha today amid resistance from a RSP member.Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju introduced

  • rajnath asks ne insurgents to shun violence

    Rajnath asks NE insurgents to shun violence

    National | Feb 14, 2015, 05:46 PM

    Agartala: On a visit to Chittagong Hill tracts areas along the Indo-Bangladesh border, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today termed insurgency as the biggest problem facing the Northeastern region and asked militants to shun violence.“Our government

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  • home minister rajnath singh visits myanmar border reviews

    Home Minister Rajnath Singh visits Myanmar border, reviews Manipur situation

    National | Feb 14, 2015, 10:13 AM

    Agartala: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and his deputy Kiren Rijiju visited the India-Myanmar border in Manipur on Friday, and discussed border trade with the officials."Rajnath Singh along with Kiren Rijiju (minister of state for

  • pakistan must get serious on terror rijiju

    Pakistan must get serious on terror: Rijiju

    India | Jan 20, 2015, 09:23 PM

    New Delhi: In the wake of the US and the UK asking Pakistan to hand over terror mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi to India, the government today said good sense must prevail on the neighbouring country

  • congress targets govt over nctc

    Congress targets govt over NCTC

    National | Jan 20, 2015, 04:37 PM

    New Delhi: Congress today targeted the government over remarks by a minister that National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) would not hurt the country's federal structure, saying it was “another brazen U-turn” by it.“Nctc (counter terrorism)

  • india does not need to adopt hawkish foreign policy kiren

    India does not need to adopt hawkish foreign policy: Kiren Rijiju

    National | Jan 20, 2015, 01:39 PM

    New Delhi: India is a symbol of peace and there is no need for it to adopt a hawkish foreign policy, Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said."Idea of India is symbol of peace.

  • sadhvi niranjan jyoti gets vip security cover

    Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti gets VIP security cover

    National | Jan 06, 2015, 08:21 PM

    New Delhi: Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, whose hate speech kicked up a political storm and stalled Parliament, has been given VIP security.47-year-old Jyoti, who is a Minister of State in Food Processing Ministry, will

  • pollution rapes have maligned delhi s image rijiju

    Pollution, rapes have maligned Delhi's image: Rijiju

    National | Dec 30, 2014, 11:20 PM

    New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju today rued that issues like pollution, rapes and filth have maligned the national capital's image which he said was a loss not just for

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  • bengaluru blast is a terror attack kiren rijiju

    Bengaluru blast is a terror attack: Kiren Rijiju

    National | Dec 29, 2014, 12:42 PM

    New Delhi: The low-intensity blast in Bengaluru is a "terror attack" possibly carried out by SIMI, Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju said Monday."Definitely, it is a terror attack," Kiren Rijiju told the

  • india asks pakistan to hand over dawood

    India asks Pakistan to hand over Dawood

    India | Dec 27, 2014, 08:15 PM

    New Delhi:  India on Saturday asked Pakistan to hand over underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, saying enough evidences have been given to it on the prime accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts.Minister of State for

  • rajnath singh talks tough on tackling ndfb

    Rajnath Singh talks tough on tackling NDFB

    National | Dec 25, 2014, 01:36 PM

    Guwahati/Sonitpur:  Taking tough, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today declared that strong action will be taken against NDFB(S), which massacred over 70 people in Assam on Tuesday, asserting that the Centre has “zero tolerance” policy for

  • terrorism threaten to disrupt development progress rijiju

    Terrorism threaten to disrupt development, progress: Rijiju

    National | Dec 20, 2014, 07:01 PM

    Shillong: Challenges like terrorism, insurgency and left-wing extremism persistently threaten to disrupt the development and progress of the nation, Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju today said The minister also announced a grant

  • centre bringing policy for safety of ne people in metros

    Centre bringing policy for safety of NE people in metros:Kiren Rijiju

    National | Dec 19, 2014, 08:59 PM

    Shillong: Union Home Ministry is coming up with a ‘policy' to look into the safety and security of the North East people residing in metros besides introduction of NE subject in the syllabus of CBSE

  • more than 5 200 pakistanis overstaying in india government

    More than 5,200 Pakistanis overstaying in India: Government

    National | Dec 17, 2014, 04:20 PM

    New Delhi:  Over 5,200 Pakistani nationals are overstaying in India, the government today said.  “A number of Pakistani nationals who came on valid travel documents, have been found to be overstaying.  “As per information available,

  • bsf report on chinese troops presence in pakistan forward

    'BSF report on Chinese troops presence in Pakistan forward areas'

    India | Dec 16, 2014, 05:23 PM

    New Delhi: The Border Security Force has submitted a preliminary report on presence of Chinese troops in Pakistan's forward defence locations for imparting training of weapons handling, Lok Sabha was told today.However, this information was

 
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