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 MoreBeijing: China on Wednesday sharply reacted to India's plans to construct a road network along the McMohan line in Arunachal Pradesh and expressed hope that India will not take any action which may complicate the
Itanagar: To match China's road infrastructure across the McMohan Line, India is planning to construct a road along the international boundary from Mago-Thingbu in Tawang to Vijaynagar in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh, Union Minister
New Delhi: Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju Sunday assured "safe working environment" across the country for the people from the northeast.Speaking at the 51st annual day function of Naga Students Union here,
Guwahati: Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju today said there should be better and faster coordination between the central and state agencies in handling floods, besides strengthening of disaster forces. After doing
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh will visit Assam and Meghalaya early next month to take stock of rescue and relief operations in the flood-hit states. Singh has sent Minister of State for Home Kiren
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will soon be discharged from a hospital where he was admitted after he complained of pain in his abdomen, an official said Thursday."It was a routine admission and
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh was Wednesday evening admitted to the AIIMS here over some intestinal problem, an official said."Rajnath Singh was admitted around 8.30 p.m. over some complaint in his lower abdomen," the
New Delhi: The absence of Home Minister Rajnath Singh or Minister of State Kiren Rijiju led to the adjournment of the Lok Sabha today when a special discussion on growing communal incidents was taken up.The
New Delhi: Cutting across party lines, Lok Sabha members today complained of rampant corruption in implementation of schemes under the Border Areas Development Programme (BADP).As several members wanted to be part of the committee which
New Delhi: Women will constitute one-third of the Delhi Police force, Home Minister Rajnath Singh told Rajya Sabha today.“We have decided to increase the number of women personnel in Delhi Police to one-third. Our effort
Hyderabad: Terming the Kashmir issue as “sensitive”, Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju today said the Centre was dealing with the matter cautiously by taking all measures in national interest. “It is not
Hyderabad: Terming the Kashmir issue as “sensitive”, Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju today said the Centre was dealing with the matter cautiously by taking all measures in national interest.“It is not wise
Panaji: All 12 ministers in Goa, including Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, should resign and create a constitutional crisis so that the central government is forced to accede to the state's demand for special status, the
New Delhi: The home ministry Monday denied the reported bugging at union Minister Nitin Gadkari's residence, and ruled out any probe.Asked about the bugging, union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said: "There is no contradiction, Gadkari
New Delhi: The Centre today said it has no plans to amend or repeal Section 377 of the IPC, criminalising sex among homosexuals, till the issue is settled by the Supreme Court. “No. The matter
Itanagar: Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju has asserted funds will never be a constraint in implementation of road projects in Arunachal Pradesh but some of the issues related to it need
New Delhi: In a revelation that adds a new dimension to the Left-wing extremism in the country, the government Tuesday said Maoists in India have "close links" with Maoist groups in the Philippines and Turkey,
New Delhi: The government has no proposal to repeal Article 370 of the Constitution that grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir, Lok Sabha was informed today. “No” was the reply of Minister of State
New Delhi: The Narendra Modi-led NDA government plans to spend Rs 5,000 crore to encourage villagers come and settle in areas along the border with China in Arunachal Pradesh.According to sources since the area has
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today asked his ministry to take Kashmiri migrants into confidence for their return to the Valley.Singh also asked the officials to take enhanced steps to check infiltration from across
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