NEW DELHI: In a serious reshuffle of the Union Cabinet, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju has now been shifted to the Earth Sciences Ministry. Rijiju has been changed by Arjun Ram Meghwal because the New Law and Justice Minister with impartial cost. Meghwal may also proceed together with his present portfolios. Meghwal is at present the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and the Minister of State for Culture.
Union Minister Jitendra Singh, until now, was holding the cost of the Ministry of Earth Sciences. Shortly after the announcement, Kiren Rijiju modified his Twitter bio.
The sudden change within the Union Cabinet was introduced by an announcement from the President’s House that learn: “The President of India, as advised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been pleased to direct the following reallocation of portfolios among Ministers in the Union Council of Ministers:- (i) The portfolio of Ministry of Earth Sciences be assigned to Shri Kiren Rijiju. (ii) Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of State be assigned the independent charge as Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice in addition to his existing portfolios, in place of Shri Kiren Rijiju.”
Rijiju took over because the Law and Justice Minister on July 8, 2021. As the Union Minister of Law and Justice, Rijiju was chargeable for the administration of justice in India. He was additionally chargeable for the drafting of laws and the administration of the authorized system. Rijiju has been extraordinarily vital of the Supreme Court’s resolution to strike down Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code.
Known to be one of many Narendra Modi authorities’s most high-profile ministers and a troubleshooter, Rijiju’s shifting to the low-key Ministry of Earth Sciences comes lower than a 12 months after he was promoted to the Law Ministry with cupboard standing.
He beforehand served because the Minister of State for Home Affairs (India) from 2014 to 2019 and the Minister of State for Minority Affairs from 2019 to 2021 and the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs and Sports from 2019 to 2021.
