New Delhi, 18/5: Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal has been appointed as the Minister for Law and Justice and Kiren Rijiju has been moved to the Ministry of Earth Sciences, a press communique from the Rashtrapati Bhavan said on May 18.
The communique said the President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, has reallocated the portfolios.
“The portfolio of Ministry of Earth Sciences be assigned to Shri Kiren Rijiju. 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,”the communique read.