Rijiju replaces Rathore as Sports Minister

Kiren Rijiju was on Friday appointed as the new Sports Minister. He replaced Olympic medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore. Along with the Independent charge of the Sports and Youth Affairs, Rijiju was also named as the Minister of State for Minority Affairs.

“My heartfelt gratitude to PM Narendra Modi forreposing faith in me to be a member of his council of ministers. I sincerelythank Amit Shahji along with karyakartas and well wishers across India,”Rijiju tweeted on Friday.

   

“For me ‘leadership is not about power and privilege,it is about responsibility’,” he added.

Meanwhile, Indian Olympic Association and All India FootballFederation congratulated the 47-year-old on his appointment as the SportsMinister. “Indian Olympic Association extends heartiest congratulations tohonourable Kiren Rijiju on being appointed as the Minister of State for YouthAffairs and Sports Ministry,” tweeted IOA.

“Congratulations Kiren Rijiju for being appointed asthe Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Sports Ministry. We lookforward to working together to make India a better sporting nation,” saidAIFF on its official Twitter handle.

Rathore was not inducted in the list of ministers, who tookthe oath of office and secrecy at the forecourts of Rashtapati Bhawan onThursday.

Rijiju, 47, who is BJP’s face in Northeast, had served asthe Minister of State for Home Affairs.He won the Lok Sabha Elections 2019 from theArunachal West seat. This was his second consecutive win from thisconstituency. Rijiju defeated Congress candidate and former Chief MinisterNabam Tuki by a margin of 1,67,132 votes.

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