New Delhi: Kiren Rijiju on Thursday mentioned it was a ‘privilege’ to function Union Minister of Law and Justice and thanked your entire judiciary, together with Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, for his or her ‘large assist’. Taking to his official Twitter, hours after he was divested of the Law and Justice portfolio and made the Minister for Earth Sciences, Rijiju mentioned he’s now wanting ahead to fulfilling Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s imaginative and prescient within the Earth Sciences Ministry.
“It has been a privilege and an honour to serve as Union Minister of Law and Justice under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji,” Kiren Rijiju mentioned.
He thanked CJI Chandrachud, all judges of the Supreme Court, Chief Justices and judges of excessive courts, decrease judiciary and legislation officers for the ‘large assist’ in guaranteeing delivering ease of justice and offering authorized providers for residents.
“I look forward to fulfilling the vision of PM Narendra Modi ji in the Earth Sciences Ministry with the same zeal and vigour I have imbibed as a humble ‘karyakarta’ of (the) BJP,” he added.
It has been been a privelege and an honour to function Union Minister of Law & Justice below the steering of Hon’ble PM Shri @narendramodi ji. I thank honble Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, all Judges of Supreme Court, Chief Justices and Judges of High Courts, Lower… pic.twitter.com/CSCT8Pzn1q
— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) May 18, 2023
In a sudden improvement, Rijiju, who was named as legislation minister in July 2021, was moved out of the ministry and changed by Arjun Ram Meghwal on Thursday. He was the Sports Minister and the Minister of State for Minority Affairs earlier than taking up because the Law Minister and received the coveted portfolio following the resignation of senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Ravi Shankar Prasad.
A short communique of Rashtrapati Bhavan mentioned President Droupadi Murmu, as suggested by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has reallocated portfolios amongst ministers within the Union Council of Ministers.
Meghwal is at present the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and the Minister of State for Culture. He has been assigned impartial cost as Minister of State within the Ministry of Law and Justice along with his present portfolios, in accordance with the communique.
Rijiju will take over from Union Minister Jitendra Singh, who was holding cost of the Ministry of Earth Sciences.
Kiren Rijiju was crucial of collegium system of appointing SC, HC judgesÂ
As legislation minister, Kiren Rijiju, a three-term Lok Sabha member from Arunachal Pradesh, had been probably the most vocal within the authorities in criticising the collegium system of appointing Supreme Court and excessive court docket judges and described it as being ‘alien’ to the Constitution.Â
His latest remarks on some retired judges being a part of an anti-India gang had evoked robust reactions.
He had claimed that a number of retired judges and a few activists who’re a part of the ‘anti-India gang’ have been attempting to make the Indian judiciary play the position of the opposition social gathering.
