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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

First session of 18th Lok Sabha to begin today, PM Modi, newly elected members to take oath
India | Jun 24, 2024, 06:24 AM IST
During the Lok Sabha session, the Speaker of the Lok Sabha will be elected and new MPs will take their oaths of office.
First Parliament session after Lok Sabha elections to be held from June 24 to July 3, says Rijiju
India | Jun 12, 2024, 11:31 AM IST
First session of Parliament Session: President Droupadi Murmu will address a joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on June 27 and is likely to outline the new government's roadmap for the next five years.
Modi 3.0: Jyotiraditya Scindia to Rijiju, ministers whose portfolios have changed | Check details
India | Jun 11, 2024, 02:56 PM IST
Here is the list of Union Cabinet Ministers, Ministers of State, MoS with Independent Charge whose portfolios have been changed in the newly formed PM Modi-led government in 2024.

PM Modi's new cabinet: Lawyers, MBAs, Postgraduates lead the way | DETAILS
India | Jun 10, 2024, 07:02 AM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new 72-member council of ministers features a diverse mix of professionals. Among the 30 cabinet ministers, six are lawyers, three hold MBA degrees, and ten are postgraduates. Prime Minister Modi and Rajnath Singh are notable for their master's degrees.
IMD says record 52.9 degrees Celsius in Delhi's Mungeshpur was 'error in sensor'
Delhi | May 30, 2024, 12:04 AM IST
According to the IMD, temperatures across Delhi NCR varied from 45.2 degrees Celsius to 49.1 degrees Celsius, with Mungeshpur's reading being an outlier. The department suggested that this discrepancy could be due to a sensor error or a local factor affecting the reading.
Delhi hitting 52.3 degrees celsius very unlikely, weather officials to verify, says Kiren Rijiju
Delhi | May 29, 2024, 09:08 PM IST
Delhi continues to toil under extreme heat as the national capital on Wednesday recorded a minimum temperature of 29.4 degrees Celsius, 2.8 notches above the seasons' normal, the IMD said.

China is nervous, resorting to unethical conduct: Kiren Rijiju on Beijing naming places in Arunachal
India | Apr 02, 2024, 04:35 PM IST
The Union Minister said China was nervous and uncomfortable due to PM Modi reversing Congress' policy of not developing border areas of the country. He also warned that "this was not 1962" and accused Congress of furthering Chinese propaganda.
Kiren Rijiju gets additional charge of food processing ministry after Pashupati Paras's resignation
India | Mar 20, 2024, 11:43 AM IST
Pashupati 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.
Rahul Gandhi is still a kid, he keeps making yatras for fun: Kiren Rijiju on Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra
India | Jan 08, 2024, 06:14 PM IST
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.

Explained | Why does Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu want Indian security personnel out?
Explainers | Nov 24, 2023, 10:28 AM IST
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.
Maldives asks India to withdraw military presence from island
World | Nov 18, 2023, 09:52 PM IST
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.
Mohamed Muizzu takes oath as eighth President of Maldives, Rijiju attends event in place of PM Modi
World | Nov 17, 2023, 07:06 PM IST
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.

BJP appoints election in-charge for Mizoram, appoints president of Chandigarh
Oct 14, 2023, 03:37 PM IST
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.
Arunachal Pradesh: Kiren Rijiju, CM Khandu flag off India's first high altitude marathon in Tawang
India | Oct 01, 2023, 09:23 AM IST
The marathon is India's first high-altitude marathon and has been organised by the state government with assistance from the Indian Army.
India's first manned submersible Matsya-6000 to take a dip in Bay of Bengal | All you need to know
India | Sep 18, 2023, 03:06 PM IST
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.

Arunachal Pradesh: Centre sanctioned upgradation of 91 roads, 30 bridges under PMGSY, says Rijiju
India | Jul 30, 2023, 08:13 PM IST
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said that the Centre has sanctioned the upgradation of 91 roads and 30 long-span bridges in Arunachal Pradesh.
'Don't understand why he hates PM so much': Kiren Rijiju on Rahul Gandhi's remarks against Modi
India | Jun 01, 2023, 06:28 AM IST
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.
Law minister Kiren Rijiju's car meets with minor accident in J&K's Banihal area | WATCH
India | Apr 08, 2023, 10:11 PM IST
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 issue being raked up to 'brighten' Rahul Gandhi's political career, alleges BJP
India | Apr 08, 2023, 04:32 PM IST
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 condemn Kiren Rijiju's remarks on judiciary in open letter
India | Mar 31, 2023, 11:38 AM IST
Former civil servants on Thursday condemned Law Minister Kiren Rijiju for his remarks on the judiciary.