New Delhi: In a minor reshuffle in the Modi cabinet, the portfolio of the Ministry of Earth Sciences is being handed over to Kiren Rijiju. Arjun Ram Meghwal has been given independent charge as minister of state in the Ministry of Law and Justice in addition to his existing portfolios in place of Kiren Rijiju.
Kiren Rijiju hails from Arunachal Pradesh. For some time now, he has been in the news for comments on more retired judges. Kiren Rijiju also said about the collegium system that no one in the country can warn anyone.
All the people in the country work according to the Constitution. Apart from this, he made some strong comments. Kiren Rijiju has also changed the name of the ministry in his Twitter bio. Now the ‘Minister of Earth Science, India’ has been written in his bio.