Kiren Rijiju gets additional charge for Minister of Food Processing Industries after Pashupati Kumar Paras resigns from Union cabinet for Lok Sabha election
Kiren Rijiju: Recently, Kiren Rijiju get an additional charge as the Minister of Food Processing Industries after Pashupati Kumar Paras, former Union minister and president of the Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party (RLJP), resigned from the Union Cabinet following his party’s exclusion from the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). President Droupadi Murmu assigned Rijiju the food processing industries ministry, in addition to his existing portfolio of the Ministry of Earth and Sciences.
Kiren Rijiju
Kiren Rijiju
Kiren Rijiju is an Indian politician from Arunachal Pradesh who is the Cabinet Minister of Earth Sciences and Food Processing Industries in the Government of India since 2023 and 2024 and was a member of the parliament in Lok Sabha from Arunachal West since 2014 and from 2004 to 2009. He did his graduation degree (B.A.) from Hansraj College, University of Delhi. Further, in 1998, he did his graduate degree in law (LL.B) from Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delh Earlier, he held the Minister of State for Home Affairs from 2014 to 2019, 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.
Who is appointed as additional charge for Minister of Food Processing Industries?
Kiren Rijiju appointed as additional charge for Minister of Food Processing Industries.
