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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Agartala: Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said Saturday India's northeast region would be made a "trading and commercial hub of Southeast Asia"."Over 98 percent of northeastern states' boundaries are international boundaries. Based
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New Delhi: There are intelligence inputs that a few Indian youth have left the country to join the ISIS (Islamic State) and the intelligence agencies were closely monitoring their movement and activities, parliament was told
New Delhi: The Centre today said New Delhi, being the capital of the country and the seat of the central government, is always under the radar of terror groups, inimical to India's national security. “Hence,
Jammu: Amid reports of China training Pakistani army, Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju today said India has conveyed its “dismay” to China and asked it not to support Pakistan's activities directed against
New Delhi: The northeast needs to produce more talents like champion boxer Mary Kom, late musician Bhupen Hazarika and ace footballer Baichung Bhutia to help dispel the ignorance of people about the region and command
Itanagar: The Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DONER) has cleared a total of about Rs 90 crore this fiscal for various road projects in Arunachal pradesh.This would be part of the total Rs
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Gurgaon: Helpline for people from Northeast will be set up in major cities starting from Gurgaon in the wake of the recent racist attacks.This was today announced by Union Minister of State for Home Kiren
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