In a major cabinet reshuffle, Arjun Ram Meghwal is appointed as the new Law Minister of India. Meghwal replaced Kiren Rijiju, who assumed the charge of law ministry on July 8, 2021
Opposition parties, including the Congress, took a swipe at Kiren Rijiju who was on Thursday moved from the Law Ministry to the relatively lower profile Ministry of Earth Sciences, calling him a “failed Law Minister”.
Kiren Rijiju took over as the Law and Justice Minister on July 8, 2021. Prior to this, he served as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Youth Affairs and Sports from May 2019 to July 2021.