LI Network
Published on: 18 May 2023 at 15:10 IST
Kiren Rijiju was relieved of his duties as Law Minister on Thursday. As part of a cabinet reshuffle, Arjun Ram Meghwal was appointed as the new Law Minister, taking on the independent charge as Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice along with his current responsibilities. Consequently, Kiren Rijiju will now be responsible for overseeing the Ministry of Earth Sciences.
Mr. Rijiju, who is renowned as one of the government’s prominent ministers and a skilled problem solver, has been transferred to the Ministry of Earth Sciences, a comparatively low-profile position.
This move comes less than a year after his elevation to the Law Ministry with cabinet status. Arjun Ram Meghwal, who previously held the position of Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, will now assume the additional responsibility of being in independent charge of the Law Ministry.
This is an unprecedented development in recent times, as it marks the first instance where the Law Minister does not hold cabinet rank.
