{"id":2874,"date":"2023-05-19T08:14:10","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T07:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/what-kiren-rijiju-said-on-being-shifted-out-of-law-ministry\/%e0%a4%8f%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b2%e0%a5%82%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%b5\/"},"modified":"2023-05-19T08:14:10","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T07:14:10","slug":"what-kiren-rijiju-said-on-being-shifted-out-of-law-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/?p=2874","title":{"rendered":"What Kiren Rijiju Said On Being Shifted Out Of Law Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-05\/2dsldbvs_kiren-rijiju_625x300_19_May_23.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"ins_storybody\"><!-- \n\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"sp-cn ins_storybody\" id=\"ins_storybody\">--><\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv\"><span itemprop=\"video\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"headline\" content=\"What Kiren Rijiju Said On Being Shifted Out Of Law Ministry\"\/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"What Kiren Rijiju Said On Being Shifted Out Of Law Ministry\"\/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"What Kiren Rijiju Said On Being Shifted Out Of Law Ministry\"\/><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-05\/2dsldbvs_kiren-rijiju_625x300_19_May_23.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-05-19T12:33:12+05:30\"\/><meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=700775&amp;category=embed&amp;autostart=1&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=1&amp;miniplayer=1&amp;cache=2022\"\/><meta itemprop=\"ContentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/ndtvod.pc.cdn.bitgravity.com\/23372\/ndtv\/19052023_n_KirenRijiju_58878_27649_320.mp4\"\/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"T1M07S\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"videoembed\" class=\"videembedload\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-05\/2dsldbvs_kiren-rijiju_625x300_19_May_23.jpg?im=FeatureCrop,algorithm=dnn,width=650,height=400\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=700775&amp;category=embed&amp;autostart=1&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=1&amp;miniplayer=1&amp;cache=2022\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:100%; height:403px; padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left:0px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b\">Kiren Rijiju today took charge of the Ministry of Earth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b class=\"place_cont\">New Delhi: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>A day after his surprise removal as the Union Law Minister, Kiren Rijiju said the move was the vision of the Prime Minister and not a punishment. He also refused to comment on his run-ins with the Supreme Court saying that today was not the day for politics.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This shifting is not a punishment, this is the plan of the government. This is the vision of PM Modi,&#8221; Mr Rijiju said after taking charge of the Ministry of Earth.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not the day to talk politics,&#8221; he said when asked about his run-ins with the judiciary.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Rijiju said that questions about his stint at the law ministry are no longer relevant.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Please don&#8217;t ask question related to my previous ministry, as those questions are not relevant now. I will continue to work responsibly as the PM keeps giving me new responsiblities,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Rijiju had taken over as Law Minister on July 7, 2021, after the exit of Ravi Shankar Prasad.<\/p>\n<p>Arjun Ram Meghwal has been appointed as the law minister, just a year ahead of the crucial Lok Sabha elections. The government and the Supreme Court have not been on the same page regarding judges&#8217; appointments often leading to snide remarks from Mr Rijiju and the Chief Justice of India.<\/p>\n<p>The row escalated when Mr Rijiju said that the collegium system of judges appointing judges to higher courts was &#8220;alien&#8221; to the Constitution. In January, he also wrote to Chief Justice Chandrachud for the inclusion of government nominees in the collegium system.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Rijiju again triggered a backlash in March with his comment on &#8220;retired activist judges trying to make the judiciary play the role of an opposition party&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/not-the-day-to-talk-politics-says-kiren-rijiju-after-taking-charge-of-earth-sciences-ministry-he-was-law-minister-4047806\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Kiren Rijiju today took charge of the Ministry of Earth. New Delhi: A day after his surprise removal as the Union Law Minister, Kiren Rijiju said the move was the vision of the Prime Minister and not a punishment. He also refused to comment on his run-ins with the Supreme Court saying that today [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}