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.
Read MoreNew 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
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
New Delhi: Government today termed as "misplaced" superstar Aamir Khan's comments on growing intolerance, saying such statements only bring disrepute to the country as well as Prime Minister Narendra Modi."His comments on intolerance is completely
New Delhi: Sharing its pain following the terror attacks in Paris, India today offered to help France in fighting terror and in ensuring that such assaults on humanity do not recur anywhere.Attending an event at
Hyderabad: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju today attacked country's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of "letting people of north-east region down" during the 1962 Indo-China war, while accusing the Congress of "forgetting" the "true heroes" Subhash
New Delhi: Government is committed to bring back fugitive ganglord Dawood Ibrahim to face law for his involvement in 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said days after underworld don Chhota Rajan's arrest
New Delhi: Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju on Thursday clarified he was just quoting a former Delhi lieutenant governor who had commented on north Indians breaking the rules. He said he was "not
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday told Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju not to divide Indians between north and south after the latter's comments that north Indians like
New Delhi: In potentially controversial comments, Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju today said he agreed with the statement of a former Lt Governor of Delhi who had once remarked that north Indians
New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry has taken strong exception to the use of telecom services of Nepal by locals and security forces along the international borders in Uttarakhand, saying it may compromise country's critical
New Delhi: The government has taken a number of steps to check attempts of extremists groups like ISIL to radicalise and lure Indian youth into terrorism, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said here.During a meeting with
Itanagar: Defending crackdown on Greenpeace, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju today said those violating rules and conducting themselves in wrong ways would face punitive action."Protest is a right of everyone in a democracy. But if anyone
Shillong: The Central government will soon come up with new laws to punish racial discrimination, union minister Kiren Rijiju said on Saturday.The minister of state for home affairs also said the subject of racial discrimination
Shillong: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju today said that it was the responsibility of the North Indians to merge with the people from the North East. He said the country begins from its borders and not
New Delhi: In the wake of reports that ISIS was trying to lure Indian youths, government today said it is closely monitoring the activities connected with the dreaded terror outfit in the country and taking
Kanpur : Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday said Home and Defence Ministries would work together to provide modern weapons and equipments to the police force to strengthen the internal security of the country.People think
Kanpur: Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju today said that his ministry has not received any proposal on India-Pakistan cricket match. Rijiju was here to attend a meeting with the DRDO-run Defence Materials and
New Delhi: Even as the government is exploring every option to bring the various factions of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN) within the recently inked Naga Peace Accord, the outfit's strongest group NSCN
India toughens stand, cancels NSA-level talksNew Delhi: India today hinted that it may call off NSA level talks if Pakistan tries to impose new conditions for the discussion to be held on Sunday.MEA spokesperson Vikas
Shillong: Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju today said the impression that the Centre was "protecting tained ministers" was totally wrong as the reasons given were unfounded. The External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had given factual
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