Arjun Ram Meghwal

BJP

DOB 20 Dec 1953

Age 72 years

birth palce Vill. Kishmideshar, Distt. Bikaner (Rajasthan)

profession Politician

Arjun Ram Meghwal biography

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Rajasthan's Bikaner Arjun Ram Meghwal retained the Ministry of Law and Justice as a Minister of State with independent charge in the newly formed NDA government at the Centre. He is also the Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.

Meghwal was the Union Law Minister since May 2023 when he replaced Kiren Rijiju. Meghwal is now a four-time Lok Sabha MP after winning the 2024 General Elections from the Bikaner seat by just over 50 thousand votes.

The BJP leader is a retired IAS officer, who entered the administrative services and went on to serve as the District Magistrate (Collector) in the Government of Rajasthan.

The 71-year-old leader served as the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Water Resource, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation during Modi’s first term as Prime Minister, and has been a member of the BJP for over a decade.

In the year 2009, Meghwal was elected as the Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha from Bikaner and was re-elected in the 2014 general election for the 16th Lok Sabha. During his 2nd term as an MP, he was the Chief Whip of the BJP in Lok Sabha. The Speaker also nominated him as the Chairman of House Committee in the lower house.

A defining image of Union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal dates back to 2015. As the BJP’s Chief Whip in the Lok Sabha at the time, Meghwal used to cycle to Parliament in his trademark Rajasthani turban, kurta-pyjama and a sleeveless jacket. A banner on his cycle, with the BJP’s colours in the background, would proclaim that he was the MP from Bikaner.

This symbolic image helped lend Meghwal an image of simplicity and humility – two traits that have stuck with him till this day.

Arjun Ram Meghwal personal life

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Fearing backlash, Govt asks minister to return to Delhi; cancels Punjab event

December 05, 2025 6:04 am

The decisions came reportedly after Punjab BJP unit warned the central leadership that sharing of waters with other states was already an emotive issue in state where farmers have in the past led protests against lion's share of water going to Rajasthan via Gang canal.

Anand, who specialises in constitutional, civil arbitration and criminal law, represented the country in various national and international fora including BRICS.

Senior advocate Pinky Anand appointed Bahrain International Commercial court judge

October 23, 2025 12:50 pm

Anand, who has over 40 year of experience at the bar, was an ASG in 2014 and before that was a member of the All India National Executive of BJP.

Parliament has constitutional right to remove judges, says Law Minister amid impeachment buzz over Justice Varma

July 18, 2025 4:06 pm

Under the Indian Constitution, a motion to impeach a judge requires the backing of at least 100 Lok Sabha members or 50 Rajya Sabha members.

Arjun Ram Meghwal writes: Ambedkar, the economist

April 17, 2025 12:03 pm

He was the mind behind some of India’s earliest and most important economic ideas which were about justice, dignity and self-reliance

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Cash discovery row: Congress demands Law Minister’s statement

March 28, 2025 2:13 am

Speaking in LS during Zero Hour, Tewari said, “The reports about alleged aberrations in the judiciary have disturbed the conscience of all right-thinking citizens.”

‘Draft Bill will demolish Bar's independence’: BCI Chief warns govt of nationwide lawyer protests

February 20, 2025 11:38 am

The Law Ministry had published the draft Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2025 last week and sought suggestions and objections from the public.

Law Ministry asks govt depts to comply with judicial orders as 1.45 lakh contempt cases flood top courts

January 31, 2025 9:25 pm

With the government being the biggest litigant, a large number of pending contempt petitions concern the Union and state ministries and departments.

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Exclusive | From cost savings to re-polling: Law Ministry seeks EC response on JPC's 20 queries about simultaneous elections

January 22, 2025 12:06 pm

The questions have been communicated to the EC by the Union Law Ministry in a letter written last week following the first meeting, on January 8, of the JPC, The Indian Express has learned.

Judiciary has more than 5,600 vacancies across courts, Govt tells RS

November 30, 2024 1:11 am

According to a written reply by Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on a question by JDU MP Sanjay Kumar Jha, there are two vacancies in the SC, 364 in the high courts and 5,245 in lower courts across states.