BJP fields Union Minister Rijiju as Lok Sabha candidate from Arunachal Pradesh
9 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP fields Union Minister Rijiju as Lok Sabha candidate from Arunachal Pradesh

The Hindu  

The BJP on March 3 announced the names of Union Minister Kiren Rijiju and the party's Arunachal Pradesh president Tapir Gao as its candidates from the two seats of the northeastern State. Mr. Rijiju, the Earth Sciences Minister in the Narendra Modi Cabinet, will seek re-election from the Arunachal Pradesh West seat which he has held since 2004, except for one term. In March 2023, Mr. Rijiju accused some retired judges of being a part of an "Anti-India gang". Tapir Gao, the State BJP chief, was selected for the East Lok Sabha constituency.

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Jitin Prasada resigns from Yogi Cabinet, takes charge as MoS in Modi Govt 3.0

India TV News  

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Narendra Modi 3.0 Cabinet dominated by BJP MPs | Who's who? Meet the Union ministers

Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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Arunachal Pradesh Election Results 2024 Highlights: BJP wins both seats, Kiren Rijiju emerges victorious in Arunachal Pradesh West
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Arunachal Pradesh Election Results 2024 Highlights: BJP wins both seats, Kiren Rijiju emerges victorious in Arunachal Pradesh West

The Hindu  

Two days after it secured a continued another term in the Arunchal Pradesh Assembly election, the Bhartiya Janta Party has secured both seats in the State. Union Minister of the now erstwhile government Kiren Rijiju, who was seeking re-election in Arunachal Pradesh West seat, and Tapir Gao, who was representing the Arunachal Pradesh East seat, emerged victorious over their Congress …

Lok Sabhaelections 2024 Vote Counting Live Updates: For Arunachal West Constituency
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabhaelections 2024 Vote Counting Live Updates: For Arunachal West Constituency

ABP News  

Arunachal West Constituency of Arunachal Pradesh was won by Kiren Rijiju in 2019 Lok Sabha Elections from BJP party.Nabam Tuki was the runner up from Arunachal Westwho lost by 174843 votes. Follow ABP LIVE TV and ABP Live YouTube for all latest action around Arunachal West Lok Sabha Election Result 2024 LIVE vote counting. 16:18 PM • 04 Jun 2024 …

Bihar Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Ravi Shankar, Chirag Paswan to Pawan Singh, here's list of key candidates
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India TV News  

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Hattrick likely for BJP's Kiren Rijiju from Arunachal West seat: Exit poll
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Hattrick likely for BJP's Kiren Rijiju from Arunachal West seat: Exit poll

India Today  

Union Minister and BJP leader Kiren Rijiju is likely to hold on to his Arunachal West Lok Sabha seat for a third consecutive time, according to India Today Axis My India exit poll. In 2019, Rijiju had earlier defeated Tuki from Arunachal West by a huge margin of over 1.74 lakh votes. Rijiju emerged victorious in the 2014 Lok Sabha …

Lok Sabha polls: It's actor vs actress in Yogi bastion of Gorakhpur
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Lok Sabha polls: It's actor vs actress in Yogi bastion of Gorakhpur

New Indian Express  

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Lok Sabha elections phase 1: 9 Union ministers, 2 ex-CMs & ex-governor in poll fray. Check list
8 months ago

Lok Sabha elections phase 1: 9 Union ministers, 2 ex-CMs & ex-governor in poll fray. Check list

Hindustan Times  

The first phase of Lok Sabha elections will witness nine Union ministers, two former chief ministers and an ex-governor contesting the polls. Nitin Gadkari Union minister for road and surface transport Nitin Gadkari will be contesting his third Lok Sabha election from Nagpur, the home of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh headquarter. Arjun Ram Meghwal Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal is …

West Bengal Lok Sabha elections 2024: All eyes on Nisith Pramanik, Modi cabinet's youngest minister
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West Bengal Lok Sabha elections 2024: All eyes on Nisith Pramanik, Modi cabinet's youngest minister

Hindustan Times  

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News 18  

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Lok Sabha polls: Bigwigs in fray in first phase in Northeast
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha polls: Bigwigs in fray in first phase in Northeast

Hindustan Times  

Guwahati: With the last date of withdrawal of nominations for the first phase ending on Saturday, battlelines have been drawn for polling in most Lok Sabha seats in Northeast and assembly constituencies in Arunachal Pradesh. The last date of withdrawal of nominations for the first phase is ending Saturday Several bigwigs from the region, including Union ministers Sarbananda Sonowal and …

Rijiju files nomination from Arunachal West LS seat
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Rijiju files nomination from Arunachal West LS seat

Deccan Chronicle  

Itanagar, Mar 26 Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday filed his nomination as the BJP candidate for the Arunachal West parliamentary constituency. The Union Minister of Earth Sciences and Food Processing Industries was accompanied by Chief Minister Pema Khandu and MLAs Kento Jini and Nyamar Karbak. Arunachal Pradesh will have simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly polls in the first phase …

BJP's fifth list for Lok Sabha polls: Arun Govil, Kangana Ranaut named
9 months ago

BJP's fifth list for Lok Sabha polls: Arun Govil, Kangana Ranaut named

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday announced its fifth list of Lok Sabha contenders for the upcoming general elections, fielding among 111 candidates four Union ministers including Dharmendra Pradhan, actors Kangana Ranaut and Arun Govil, and industrialist and former Congress leader Navin Jindal. The party also made some key exclusions, dropping Varun Gandhi from Pilibhit in UP, minister Ashwani Choubey …

Lok Sabha Election 2024: JDU releases list of 16 candidates, Lalan Singh to re-contest from Munger
9 months ago

Lok Sabha Election 2024: JDU releases list of 16 candidates, Lalan Singh to re-contest from Munger

India TV News  

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: With the first phase of the upcoming Lok Sabha election less than a month away, the Janata Dal-United, an ally of the National Democratic Alliance, has announced a list of 16 candidates in Bihar, in accordance with the seat-sharing agreement within the alliance. Here's list of 16 candidates Shivhar: Lovely Anand Sitamarhi: Devesh Chandra Thakur Valmikinagar: …

Lok Sabha polls | BJP fields Radikaa Sarathkumar from Virudhunagar; K.P. Ramalingam to contest from Namakkal
9 months ago

Lok Sabha polls | BJP fields Radikaa Sarathkumar from Virudhunagar; K.P. Ramalingam to contest from Namakkal

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday, March 22, 2024, released its final list of candidates entering the fray from Tamil Nadu for the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Ms. Radikaa’s candidature came a few days after her husband R. Sarathkumar, merged his political outfit, the All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi with the BJP. Indhiya Makkal Kalvi Munnetra Kazhagam president Devanadhan …

Lok Sabha Election 2024: BJP Files Complaint with EC against Rahul Gandhi’s 'Shakti' Remarks
9 months ago

Lok Sabha Election 2024: BJP Files Complaint with EC against Rahul Gandhi’s 'Shakti' Remarks

News 18  

Lok Sabha Election 2024: Latest Updates On Upcoming Elections in India Our Live Coverage on Lok Sabha Election 2024 Has Moved Here. Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: MCD Removes Over 2.57 Lakh Posters, Banners, Hoardings from All 12 Zones The Municipal Corporation of Delhi removed 2,57,995 lakh posters, banners, hoardings and small boards from across 12 zones in line with …

Rijiju confident of winning fourth term from Arunachal West Lok Sabha seat
9 months ago

Rijiju confident of winning fourth term from Arunachal West Lok Sabha seat

Hindustan Times  

Itanagar, Union Minister and senior BJP leader Kiren Rijiju dismissed notions of an anti-incumbency wave against him in the Arunachal West Parliamentary seat and exuded confidence in securing a fourth term. Real voters are the ones who shape electoral outcomes, not a handful of political activists, Rijiju claimed, underlining his track record of tangible development initiatives across Arunachal Pradesh. Nobody …

Lok Sabha elections 2024: These 4 controversial MPs missing from BJP's first list
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha elections 2024: These 4 controversial MPs missing from BJP's first list

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party replaced as many as 33 sitting MPs with new faces as it released its first list with names of 195 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls on Saturday. In what can be seen as a message for controversial leaders from the BJP high command, several notable figures such as Parvesh Verma, son of former Delhi …

BJP Leaves Out 33 Sitting MPs in First List of Candidates for Lok Sabha Polls
9 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP Leaves Out 33 Sitting MPs in First List of Candidates for Lok Sabha Polls

News 18  

The Bharatiya Janata Party replaced as many as 33 sitting MPs with new faces in its first list of 195 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls on Saturday, news agency PTI reported. The party has named Praveen Khandelwal as its candidate from Chandani Chowk Lok Sabha Sabha seat, dropping two-term MP and former Union minister Harsh Vardhan. It named …

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 West Bengal BJP Candidate List Nisith Pramanik, Sukanta Mazumdar Soumendu Adhikari
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 West Bengal BJP Candidate List Nisith Pramanik, Sukanta Mazumdar Soumendu Adhikari

ABP News  

Lok Sabha Elections: Aiming to throw a tough challenge to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party has announced names on 20 out of the 42 Lok Sabha seats in the state as it came out with the first list of 195 candidates Saturday. Prominent among them are BJP state president Sukanta Mazumdar, Nisith Pramanik, …

BJP Releases 1st List Of 195 Candidates For LS Polls; PM Modi To Contest From Varanasi, Amit Shah from Gandhinagar
9 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP Releases 1st List Of 195 Candidates For LS Polls; PM Modi To Contest From Varanasi, Amit Shah from Gandhinagar

News 18  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will contest from Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi for a third time, the Bharatiya Janata Party announced on Saturday, releasing a list of 195 candidates for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. CANDIDATES CONSTITUENCY 1 Narendra Modi Varanasi 2 Rajnath Singh Lucknow 3 Smriti Irani Amethi 4 Hema Malini Mathura 5 Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Fatehpur 6 Neelam Sonkar Lalganj …

DC Edit | Rijiju move a good signal
1 year, 7 months ago

DC Edit | Rijiju move a good signal

Deccan Chronicle  

If anyone doubted if the BJP led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be able to draw the right conclusions from the drubbing at the electoral hustings in Karnataka and take course-correcting action, the lightning-quick decision to shift the controversial Kiren Rijiju as Union law minister and replace him with Arjun Ram Meghwal, as a minister of state with independent …

Cabinet rejig: Arjun Ram Meghwal replaces Kiren Rijiju as law minister
1 year, 7 months ago

Cabinet rejig: Arjun Ram Meghwal replaces Kiren Rijiju as law minister

Firstpost  

Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Thursday replaced Law Minister Kiren Rijiju, who has been moved to the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences. “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. Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of …

Cabinet Reshuffle: Arjun Ram Meghwal replaces Kiren Rijiju as Union Law Minister
1 year, 7 months ago

Cabinet Reshuffle: Arjun Ram Meghwal replaces Kiren Rijiju as Union Law Minister

India TV News  

Arjun Ram Meghwal new law minister: In the latest reshuffle to the cabinet, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arjun Ram Meghwal has been appointed as the new Union Law Minister. Union Minister Jitendra Singh was holding charge of the Ministry of Earth Sciences Meghwal is currently the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and the Minister of State for Culture. Rashtrapati …

'We don't take him seriously...'- Rijiju takes a jibe at Rahul Gandhi after Congress debacle in assembly polls
1 year, 9 months ago

'We don't take him seriously...'- Rijiju takes a jibe at Rahul Gandhi after Congress debacle in assembly polls

India TV News  

Assembly elections results: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday took a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over the grand old party's diminished show in assembly elections held in three northern states- Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya. Rijiju was speaking on India TV on the results of assembly elections announced by the election commission today in which his party BJP is …

Rijiju supports view that advocates with political affiliation can become judges
1 year, 10 months ago

Rijiju supports view that advocates with political affiliation can become judges

India Today  

Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday appeared to support the view that lawyers with political affiliation can become judges. Rijiju retweeted a post by Supreme Court advocate and former governor Swaraj Kaushal who said that in the past too, sitting members of Parliament representing political parties had been elevated as high court judges. Kaushal tagged a news report which said …

Former MLA who left his seat for Yogi Adityanath among BJP's Rajya Sabha candidates from U.P.
2 years, 6 months ago

Former MLA who left his seat for Yogi Adityanath among BJP's Rajya Sabha candidates from U.P.

The Hindu  

Former Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Radha Mohan Das Aggarwal who left his Gorakhpur Urban constituency for Yogi Adityanath to contest in the recent Assembly polls was nominated for the Rajya Sabha elections as the party named six candidates from Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. The BJP has also fielded former State unit chief Laxmikant Vajpayee and sitting Rajya Sabha MP Surendra …

Breaking: Kiren Rijiju Is The New Union Minister For Law And Justice
3 years, 5 months ago

Breaking: Kiren Rijiju Is The New Union Minister For Law And Justice

Live Law  

Kiren Rijiju is appointed as the new Union Minister for Law and Justice after the Cabinet reshuffle. He replaced Ravi Shankar Prasad, who resigned from Union Government.Rijiju is a Law Graduate from Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi.PM Modi has kept the Ministry of Science & Technology with himself, whereas, Amit Shah has also got additional charge …

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