Things you must know about our newly appointed Union Minister for Law and Justice-

• Kiren Rijiju replaced Ravi Shankar Prasad to become the union minister for Law and Justice.
• Ravi Shankar Prasad has resigned from the cabinet from his post of law minister the cabinet.
• He is alumni of the Hansraj College, University of Delhi, and Faculty of Law, University of Delhi.
• Before this, he was appointed as the Union Minister of State for AYUSH, Youth Affairs, and Sports and Minority Affairs.
• Kiren Rijiju belongs to the state of Arunachal Pradesh and is an active member of the Bhartiya Janta Party.
• Kiren Rijiju is approx. 50 years old as he was born on 19 November 1971.
• Kiren Rijiju is married to Rina Rijiju, their marriage was performed in the year 2004.
• Kiren Rijiju was active in social work since his childhood.
• Kiren Rijiju even participated in the festival of India in the USSR (1987).
• Apart from Politics, Kiren Rijiju has always been active in sports activities.
• He is one of the best athletes of his time.
• Kiren Rijiju said during the 2017 Rohingya refugee crisis that “Rohingyas are illegal immigrants and stand to be deported”. He also stated that “India has absorbed the maximum number of refugees in the world so nobody should give India any lessons on how to deal with refugees”
• In May 2019, Rijiju became Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs and Sports and Minister of State for Minority Affairs.
• Today, in July 2021 Rijiju has been allotted with Law Ministry.