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Shashi Tharoor rejects Kiren Rijiju’s tag after bill fails in Lok Sabha| India News

Shashi Tharoor rejects Kiren Rijiju’s tag after bill fails in Lok Sabha| India News

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Over two days of a heated debate in the Lok Sabha over the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, which deepened the divide between the BJP and the Opposition, a lighter moment emerged during a post-adjournment interaction between Opposition MPs and the Parliamentary Affairs Minister. Congress leader shares a post-adjournment selfie (X/ShashiTharoor) In a post on X, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor shared a post-adjournment selfie with Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju. Tharoor quipped that when Rijiju explained why he was calling the Opposition “anti-women,” he was pointed out that no one could ever call him (Tharoor) anti-women. “A little post-adjournment gathering of Opposition MPs in the Lok Sabha with our charming Parliamentary Affairs Minister. When @KirenRijiju explained why he & his party were calling the Opposition ‘mahila virodhi’, it was pointed out to him that no one could ever call me anti-women! He conceded the point…,” he wrote as the caption. Also Read: Why the women’s quota bill failed in the Lok Sabha despite more votes in favour | Explained Tharoor went on to praise women, calling …

‘Absolute lie’: Cong slams Rijiju’s govt ‘did not ask for names for delegations’ remark | India News

‘Absolute lie’: Cong slams Rijiju’s govt ‘did not ask for names for delegations’ remark | India News

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The Congress on Monday dismissed as an “absolute lie” Union Minister Kiren Rijiju’s reported assertion that that the government did not ask for names for the all-party diplomatic delegations going abroad, and said it was “cheap politics” to not get the names it selected cleared with the opposition party. Taking a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said the same PM who had abused the Congress publicly in countries such as Australia, the US, Qatar, South Korea and China, is taking the help of the opposition party in these delegations. “Why didn’t the prime minister pick up the phone and speak to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi? Why didn’t he have the courtesy to do that? The fact is that our narrative has been punctured and continues to get punctured because of the politics of polarisation in the country,” Ramesh told PTI here. Story continues below this ad On Saturday, the Congress said it was asked by the government …

Kiren Rijiju’s ‘warning to Muslims’ as he takes ‘ABCD’ dig at Rahul Gandhi | Latest News India

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Union minister Kiren Rijiju has accused the Congress of dividing the Hindus and appeasing the Muslims. In an interview with news agency IANS, the Parliamentary affairs minister alleged that the Congress uses Muslims as a vote bank. Union minority affairs minister Kiren Rijiju. (PTI file) “During elections, the Congress says its 15 per cent vote share (in reference to the Muslim support) is reserved. This reflects the mindset of the party. It’s quite well known that the Congress views Muslims as its vote bank… that’s a huge loss for the Muslims,” IANS quoted Kiren Rijiju as saying. Sharing a clip of his interview on social media platform X on Sunday, the Union minister wrote, “My warning to the Muslims: Do not become vote bank of the Congress! My warning to Hindus & others: Do not become the victims of divide & rule Policies of the Congress Party.” “The Congress believes that Muslims will always vote for it. How can the Muslim community develop amid such a thought process?” Kiren Rijiju said. The minister further alleged …

Row Over Kiren Rijiju’s Arunachal Pradesh Tawang Tweet With Photo From 2019

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Kiren Rijiju tweeted an old photo of him meeting soldiers in Arunachal Pradesh New Delhi: Law Minister Kiren Rijiju’s tweet showing a photo of him meeting soldiers in Arunachal Pradesh to say the area “is fully secured” has come under criticism as a misleading post. Mr Rijiju had posted another photo, taken from a slightly different angle, from the same visit on October 29, 2019. Mr Rijiju tweeted the photo in response to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s comment that China is preparing for war while India is ignoring the threat. Indian troops recently stopped Chinese soldiers from unilaterally changing the Line of Actual Control, or LAC, in Arunachal Pradesh. In the tweet, Mr Rijiju said Mr Gandhi has not only insulted the army but also damaged India’s image with his comments. “Rahul Gandhi is not only insulting Indian Army but damaging nation’s image. He is not only a problem for the Congress party but he has also become a huge embarrassment the country. We are proud of our armed forces,” the Law Minister, who is …

‘No case is too small’: CJI Chandrachud after Rijiju’s ‘frivolous PILs’ remarks | Latest News India

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Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud on Friday said that no case is too small for the Supreme Court and that the lack of intervention in matters related to personal liberty can lead to “serious miscarriage of justice”. His comments came two days after Union law minister Kiren Rijiju’s statement in the Rajya Sabha where he suggested the top court to avoid hearing bail pleas and “frivolous PILs” to tackle with the large pendency of cases. “No case is too small for the Supreme Court and no case is too big because we have to answer the call of conscience and the cry of liberty of our citizens. That is why we are here and these are not one-off cases. If we do not act in matters of personal liberty and grant relief, then what are we doing here?” the CJI observed while heading a bench comprising Justice PS Narasimha which was hearing a case related to a man from Uttar Pradesh, Iqram, sentenced to two years in jail for theft of electricity. Read| …

In Row Over Judges Appointments, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju’s New Message For Supreme Court

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Kiren Rijiju highlighted the government has a very limited role in the appointment of judges New Delhi: In the middle of a war of words with the Supreme Court, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju today once again highlighted that the government has a very limited role in the appointment of judges. Mr Rijiju was responding to a question in parliament on the large number of pending cases when he doubled down on his criticism of the collegium system of appointing judges. He said it was worrying that more than five crore cases are pending across the country. The basic reason, said the minister, was the appointment of judges. “The government took many steps to reduce pendency of cases, but the government has a very limited role in filling vacancies of judges. The collegium chooses names, and apart from that, the government has no right to appoint judges,” Mr Rijiju said. He said the government had often conveyed to the Chief Justice of India and High Court Chief Justices to “send names (of judges) that reflect …