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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

Thanks Rahul Gandhi for...: Kiren Rijiju's taunt over Congress' Digvijaya's tweet on German Ministry
India | Mar 30, 2023, 04:56 PM IST
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.
'Differences don't mean confrontation': Law Min clarifies recent feuds between Centre & Judiciary
India | Mar 25, 2023, 03:49 PM IST
"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.
SC Collegium raises concern over Centre overlooking names recommended for judges' appointment
India | Mar 22, 2023, 08:17 PM IST
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.

'Not interfering in personal lives but institution of marriage matter of policy': Law Minister
India | Mar 14, 2023, 06:26 AM IST
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 Commerce Secretary Raimondo attends Holi celebrations at Rajnath Singh's residence
India | Mar 08, 2023, 07:05 PM IST
US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo is currently on a visit to India.
'Judiciary can never be forced to play roles of opposition Party': Law Minister's replies to Rahul
India | Mar 05, 2023, 01:06 PM IST
Without naming Gandhi, the law minister asserted that ‘calibrated attempts’ were being made from inside and outside the country to defame the judiciary.

'We don't take him seriously...'-Rijiju takes a jibe at Rahul after Congress debacle in elections
Elections | Mar 02, 2023, 03:46 PM IST
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.
In Cong vs Centre on SC ex-Judge appointment as Guv, party cites Arun Jaitley's 2012 remark
India | Feb 13, 2023, 09:00 AM IST
Hitting back at the Congress party, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said that they (Congress) should better understand they can no more treat India as their personal fiefdom. Now, India will be guided by the people of India as per the provisions of the Constitution of India.
'You can't give warning': Law Min Kiren Rijiju on SC's ultimatum to govt on elevation of HC judges
India | Feb 04, 2023, 09:46 PM IST
Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju asserted that no one can give a 'warning' to anyone, amid the fact the court runs by the constitution.

430 of 554 HC judges appointed since 2018 belong to general category: Law Minister Rijiju tells RS
India | Feb 02, 2023, 08:49 PM IST
The minister told Rajya Sabha that 58 judges out of 554 were from OBC, 19 from SC, 6 ST and 27 from minorities. The general category judges account for over 77 per cent of the total appointment since 2018.
"No decision on implementation of Uniform Civil Code...", says Law Minister Kiren Rijiju
India | Feb 02, 2023, 08:53 PM IST
Uniform Civil Code: Kiren Rijiju further responded that the government had requested the 21st Law Commission of India to undertake an examination of various issues relating to UCC and to make recommendations thereon.
Ex-SC judge Nariman slams Law Minister Kiren Rijiju for 'diatribe' against collegium
India | Jan 28, 2023, 02:48 PM IST
Nariman was part of the Supreme Court collegium till he retired in August 2021. Rijiju has time and again questioned the collegium system of appointment of judges, noting that it was "opaque and not transparent".

WATCH Law Minister Kiren Rijiju in Aap Ki Adalat today at 10 PM
India | Jan 28, 2023, 11:17 AM IST
Law Minister Kiren Rijiju will be responding to questions over several trivial issues on country's most popular show 'Aap Ki Adalat' hosted by India TV Chairman and Editor-in-Chief Rajat Sharma.
'Matter of grave concern': Kiren Rijiju on SC making public IB, RAW 'secret' reports
India | Jan 24, 2023, 06:50 PM IST
He was responding to questions on some recent Supreme Court Collegium resolutions, which contained potions of IB and RAW reports on certain names recommended by the top court for appointment as high court judges, being made public last week.
Centre vs Judiciary: Judges don't face elections or public scrutiny, says Law Minister Kiren Rijiju
India | Jan 23, 2023, 09:29 PM IST
Rijiju has been vocal in the criticism of the collegium system for the appointment of judges and even termed it alien to the Constitution.

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju backs retd judge's remarks that SC 'hijacked' Constitution
India | Jan 23, 2023, 08:38 AM IST
Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju shared the video of an interview of Justice RS Sodhi (retd), a former judge of the Delhi Court, saying it is the "voice of a judge" and that majority of people have similar "sane views".
Include Centre's representatives in SC Collegium, Union Law Minister suggests CJI: Reports
India | Jan 16, 2023, 03:28 PM IST
Centre vs SC Collegium: Reacting to this development, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that this is extremely dangerous. "There should be absolutely no government interference in the judicial appointments."
Rijiju says, 'Rahul Gandhi is embarrassment to country'; asserts Tawang 'completely secured'
India | Dec 17, 2022, 02:55 PM IST
The Congress leader had claimed that China is preparing for war and accused the government of trying to "ignore" this threat, saying it was "asleep" and not ready to accept the situation drawing a sharp response from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
In Centre vs collegium, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju says 'Issue of vacancies will linger till...'
India | Dec 15, 2022, 06:24 PM IST
Speaking in Rajya Sabha, Rijiju said the total number of cases pending in various courts is about to touch five crore. He observed that the impact of such a huge pendency of court cases on the public is obvious.
'Should not have happened', SC on Law Minister Kiren Rijiju's remarks on collegium
India | Nov 29, 2022, 04:31 PM IST
Law Minister Kiren Rijiju had said "anything which is alien to the Constitution merely because of the decision taken by the courts or some judges and how do you expect that the decision will be backed by the country?