Arjun Ram Meghwal

Arjun Ram Meghwal
Meghwal in 2017
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Law and Justice
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 May 2023
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Kiren Rijiju[a]
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 September 2017 Serving with V. Muraleedharan since 31 May 2019
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Ananth Kumar Narendra Singh Tomar Pralhad Joshi
Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises,
In office 30 May 2019 – 7 July 2021
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Prakash Javadekar
Minister of State for Finance & Corporate Affairs,
In office 5 July 2016 – 3 September 2017
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Arun Jaitley
Minister of State for Water Resources, Government of India
In office 5 July 2016 – 3 September 2017
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Uma Bharti
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 May 2009
Preceded by	Dharmendra Deol
Constituency	Bikaner
Minister of State for Culture
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 July 2021 Serving with Meenakshi Lekhi
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Kanti Singh
Personal details
Born	(1953-12-20) 20 December 1953 (age 70) Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
Spouse	Pana Devi ​ (m. 1968)​
Parents	Lakhu Ram Meghwal (father) Hira Devi Meghwal (mother)
Education	MA, LLB, MBA
Alma mater	Dungar College, Bikaner University of the Philippines
Occupation	Civil servant
Website	arjunrammeghwal.com
Source: [1]

Arjun Ram Meghwal (born 20 December 1953) is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the Minister of Law and Justice (Independent Charge), Government of India since 2023 and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs since 2017 & Culture since 2021 in the Second Modi ministry.

A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Meghwal formerly served as Chief Whip, Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises from 2019 to 2021, Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs from 2016 to 2017 and the Minister of State for Water Resources from 2016 to 2017. He is also a member of Lok Sabha since 2009 representing the Bikaner constituency, Rajasthan. He was awarded the Best Parliamentarian in 2013.

Early life

He was born to Lakhu Ram Meghwal and Hira Devi in the small village of Kishmidesar in Bikaner, Rajasthan. He is a Master of Arts in Pol. Science, LLB and MBA from Dungar College in Bikaner and University of Philippines in Philippines.^[1][2]

After completing graduation in Law in the year 1977, he completed post-graduation in Arts in the year 1979 as a regular student.^{[citation needed]}

Political life

In 2009, he was elected as a Member of Parliament^[3] representing the Bhartiya Janata Party from Bikaner constituency.

In the general election of 2014, he was re-elected from the Bikaner constituency for the 16th Lok Sabha.^{[citation needed]} He was Chief Whip of Bhartiya Janta Party in the Lok Sabha and Chairman of the House Committee.^{[citation needed]}

In May 2019, Meghwal became Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.^[4]

Controversy

High court bench demand in Agra hasn’t been fulfilled by him. Even Lahore High Court is closer than Allahabad. People have to travel 700 km away to Allahabad for hearings. In fact, 6 high courts (Shimla, Delhi, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Nainital, Jammu) from other states are closer than Allahabad from western Uttar Pradesh.

This caused a lot protest and damage to property in Agra. ^[5]

Personal life

He is married to Pana Devi with whom he has two sons and two daughters. He is a good player of badminton and was a bureaucrat by profession.^[6] His cousin Madan Gopal Meghwal is also a politician from Indian National Congress.^[7]

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