Shifting Rijiju out of law ministry victory of judiciary system: Raut

Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday claimed the central government has taken note of the judiciary’s “resentment” to Kiren Rijiju and hence he has been moved out of the Union law ministry.
This is a victory of the judicial system, the Rajya Sabha member told reporters.
In a sudden development, Rijiju was moved out of the law ministry and replaced by Arjun Ram Meghwal on Thursday. Rijiju was named as law minister on July 7, 2021.
As law minister, Rijiju had been the most vocal in the government in criticising the collegium system of appointing Supreme Court and high court judges and described it as being “alien” to the Constitution.
His recent remarks on some retired judges being part of an anti-India gang had evoked strong reactions.
He had claimed that a few retired judges and some activists who are part of the “anti-India gang” were trying to make the Indian judiciary play the role of opposition party.