After being appointed as the Law Minister, Bharatiya Janata Party MP Arjun Ram Meghwal said that Justice should be served to all and cases pending in courts should be as less as possible, as reported by the news agency ANI. “Justice should be served to all and cases pending in courts should be as less as possible, Meghwal said as quoted by ANI.
#WATCH | Justice should be served to all and cases pending in courts should be as less as possible, says Arjun Ram Meghwal soon after his appointment as Law minister. pic.twitter.com/m11RUjB2yW
— ANI (@ANI) May 18, 2023
In a major development, Kiren Rijiju was removed as the law minister and has now been assigned charge of the Ministry Of Earth Sciences. He has been replaced by Arjun Ram Meghwal. Rashtrapati Bhawan in a statement said, “Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of State assigned the independent charge as Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice in addition to his existing portfolios, in place of Kiren Rijiju. The portfolio of Ministry of Earth Sciences be assigned to Kiren Rijiju.”
Reacting to the development, Rijiju has said the change has been made in view of the upcoming elections. Arjun Ram Meghwal, 70 years, is a three-time MP from Bikaner and in 2019, he defeated Madan Gopal Meghwal of the Congress by a margin of 2.64 lakh votes. Meghwal is currently the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and the Minister of State for Culture.
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He was also the Chief Whip of the BJP in the Lok Sabha and has been in active politics for 14 years. A former IAS officer, he came into politics with voluntary retirement. He was awarded the Best Parliamentarian Award in 2013. Off late, Rijiju had been vocal about his opinion on the tussle between the executive and the judiciary over the procedure of appointment of the judges. He also criticised the collegium system to appoint judges on multiple occasions.