GUWAHATI: The Congress has not taken kindly to the appointment of Kiren Rijiju as Parliamentary Affairs minister saying it showed that the prime minister wants Parliament to work the way it has in the past decade.
In a tweet on Tuesday the Congress general secretary, Jairam Ramesh, said, “The allocation of the Parliamentary Affairs portfolios inspires no confidence whatsoever that the एक तिहाई Pradhan Mantri wants Parliament to function any differently than the manner in which he has run it over the past decade. However whatever be the "divine" signals, the INDIA Janbandhan is more than determined to reflect the will and mandate of the people in both Houses of Parliament most effectively.”
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Rijiju, who won the recent Lok Sabha election from Arunachal Pradesh West seat, assumed charged as the Parliamentary Affairs minister on Tuesday. He will also look after the Minority Affairs ministry.
His immediate predecessor in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs was Pralhad Joshi.
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Rijiju served as the cabinet minister for Ministry of Earth Sciences and Ministry of Food Processing in the last government.
He had earlier served as Minister of State for Minority Affairs from 2019 to 2021, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Sports and Youth Affairs from 2019 to 2021 and the Law minister from 2021 to 2023 before moving on to the Ministry of Earth Sciences and Ministry of Food Processing.
