Kiren Rijiju... a star

 

As a child, I loved to watch the debates going on in lok sabha. It was bit of compulsion too, as we didn't have any cable connection in our house. It was during these debates, we got to know what our elected representatives were really up to. I heard about many places, the politicians were speaking; I got to hear about Assam too. I always felt if someone would mention about our state (Arunachal Pradesh) too, but to my bad luck no one did. I felt, as there is no MP elected from our state, so there was no sign of our presence. This proved to wrong, later. When I came to know, there were 2 seats in lok sabha and 1 in rajya sabha for our state. After 2004 election, our representative changed. This time I was hoping, at least we see them in the house.

It was one day, while we were watching news, I saw a fair person, with bit of moustache, wearing a gallok (traditional coat) asking some question. It was then my baba who told me that it was Kiran rijiju. I was really thrilled to see him; it didn't matter me what he was asking about. After that, it was like daily affair to see him, participating in debates. I wished, he would be sitting in front row with advani and other leaders, but He was always seen at last rows; even great leaders like Ataj ji started his parliamentary career from back seat. I hope, one day he too follow the same footstep and lead the nation.

 

Kiren rijiju

Times of India:

He was one of the top five opposition MP's of this lok sabha.

"Kiren Rijiju, Arunachal West

He has had to face the Speaker's ire on a few occasions, but remains undeterred. A bilingual speaker, he has been effective in raising the threat of Chinese incursions into Arunachal Pradesh. A keen networker, he has good relations with fellow MPs and has also spoken on the social unrest due to illegal immigration in the north-east."

 

 

Currently, he is national secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). His selection is the highest such appointment in north east India.