Arjun Ram Meghwal is a former Indian bureaucrat, politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). On September 3, 2017, he was appointed as the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs of the Government of India. He served as Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises (2019-2021), Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs (2016-2017) and Minister of State for Water Resources (2016-2017), Government of India. He became Minister of State for Law and Justice (Independent Charge) and succeeded Kiren Rijiju on 18 May 2023.
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Wiki/Biography
Arjun Ram Meghwal was born on Sunday, 20 December 1953 (age 69; as of 2022) in Kismidesar village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India. His zodiac sign is Sagittarius. He continued his primary education in the government school of his village. He did his secondary education from Jawahar Jain High School, Bhinasar. He married Panna Devi when he was in 8th standard. She continued her studies after her marriage and obtained her BA and LLB from Government Dungarh College in Bikaner. He pursued his LLB while working as a telephone operator. Then, in the same college, he completed his master’s degree in political science. Later, he earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of the Philippines in the Philippines. After completing formal education, preparations for competitive exams began. He cleared the Rajasthan Administrative Services (RAS) examinations in 1982 and served in various posts in the civil service before being promoted as an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer in 1999.
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′ 9″
Hair color: salt and pepper
Eye Color: Black
family and caste
He was born in a Scheduled Caste (Dalit) family of a weaving community.
parents and siblings
Father’s name is Laku Ram Meghwal and mother’s name is Hera Devi Meghwal; He died in 2014. They were weavers by profession.
Arjun Ram Meghwal’s mother, Hera Devi Meghwal
wife and children
On 12 May 1968, he married Panna Dev in Nal Bad village when he was in 8th grade. Together they have two sons, Ravi Shekhar Meghwali and Naveen Meghwali and two daughters. Ravi Shekhar Meghwal was a Rajasthan Administrative Service (RAS) officer who later became a politician and member of the BJP. Naveen Meghwal works as a director at ICCR in Bali.
Arjun Ram Meghwali with his wife and son Naveen Meghwali
Arjun Ram Meghwal’s son Ravi Shekhar Meghwal
others
His cousin Madan Gopal Meghwal is also an Indian National Congress (INC) politician. Madan Gopal Meghwal is the son of Arjun Ram Meghwal’s maternal aunt (Maus).
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Religion/Religious Beliefs
He follows Hinduism.
Address
Its permanent address is ‘Sansad Sewa Kendra’ C-66, KK Colony, Joiya Market, Bikaner, Rajasthan.
signature/autograph
Signature of Arjun Ram Meghwal
Career
While preparing for the competitive exams, he started working as a telephone operator in the Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department. He also contested and won the election for the post of General Secretary of Telephone Traffic. While working as a telephone operator, he started preparing for competitive exams to get a government job. Despite clearing the written exam in her first attempt, she failed the interview round for Rajasthan Administrative Services (RAS) but did not give up. In 1982, he passed the RAS examination in the second attempt. In 1994, he was appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) under Hari Shankar Bhabra, the then Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan. In the same year, he became the state president of Rajasthan Udyog Seva Parishad. After being posted as Additional Collector (Development) in Barmer, he won the election as General Secretary of Rajasthan Dr. Ambedkar Memorial Welfare Society. He served in various ranks in the civil service before being promoted as an IAS officer in 1999. As an IAS officer, he served in various posts in the Rajasthan cadre, including District Magistrate (Collector), Churu, Rajasthan. Before the 2009 Lok Sabha polls, Meghwal voluntarily retired from the Indian Civil Service to enter politics as a member of the BJP.
Arjun Ram Meghwal and Narendra Modi
In 2009, he contested and won the Bikaner Lok Sabha seat, defeating INC candidate Revat Ram Panwar by 19,575 votes. Thereafter, he became a member of the Advisory Committee, External Affairs and National Core Committee, Scheduled Castes Morcha BJP From 31 August 2009 to 20 June 2010, he served as a member of the Standing Committee on Defence. In 2010, he was appointed as the vice president of BJP Rajasthan. During the same years, he also became a member of the National Executive, BJP. Other positions he has served include Member of the Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests (21 June 2010 to 31 August 2011), Member of the Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice (31 August 2011), Member of the Anuvrat Parliamentary Forum (2011 May) and a member of the Committee on the Absence of a Member in a House Session (April 21, 2013).
Arjun Ram Meghwal in a meeting at Bharatiya Janata Party state office along with other BJP leaders
In 2014, he contested and won the Bikaner Lok Sabha seat, defeating INC candidate Shankar Pannu by 3,08,079 votes. On 12 July 2014, he became the Chief Whip, Lok Sabha (BJP). He served in various capacities during the First Amendment Ministry, including Member of the Business Advisory Committee (13 June 2014 to 5 July 2016) and Member of the Standing Committee on Railways (1 September 2014 to 5 July 2016). From September 15, 2014 to July 5, 2016, he was a member of the Ethics Committee, Member of the Advisory Committee, Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs and Executive Member of the Indian Parliamentary Group. He was the chairman of the representative committee from November 28, 2014 to July 5, 2016 and from December 11, 2014 to July 5, 2016. From January 29, 2015 to 2016 Other positions he has held include Member of the Evaluation Committee (May 1, 2015 – July 5, 2016) and Member of Subcommittee III, Evaluation Committee (July 3, 2015). In 2016, Meghwali was inducted into Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Council of Ministers, after which he served as Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs (5 July 2016 – 3 September 2017), Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation (5 July 2016 – 1 September 2016 – 3 September 2016). Berry, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs 31 and 3 September).
Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal speaks in the Lok Sabha
In 2019, he was re-elected from the Bikaner parliamentary seat, winning over 6.5 lakh votes and defeating his cousin Madan Gopal Meghwali of the Congress. From May 30, 2019 to July 7, 2021, he served as Minister of State for Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises in the Second Ministry of Fashion. On May 18, 2023, he assumed the position of State Minister of Law and Justice (independent responsibility).
Kiren Rijiju (left) handing over the charge of Ministry of Law and Justice to Arjun Ram Meghwal (right) on 18 May 2023
confrontations
‘Bhabhi Ji’ Papad claims can keep COVID-19 at bay
In July 2020, in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, Meghwal was criticized for promoting unscientific claims that ‘Bhabhi Ji’ Papad could help create the antibodies needed to fight Covid-19. Just two weeks after his announcement, Meghval himself tested positive for Covid.
Awards, honors, achievements
He was awarded the Best Parliament Award by the UPA government in 2013.
Arjun Ram Meghwal received the Best Parliamentary Award (2013)
assets and properties
movable assets
- Deposits in banks: Rs. 1,03,57,629
real assets
- Non-agricultural land: Rs. 5,00,000
- Residential buildings: Rs. 4,00,000
Note: The given valuations of movable and immovable property are as per financial year 2018-2019. It does not include assets owned by his spouse and dependents.
Net worth
His net worth in 2019 was Rs. 1,04,87,315. It does not include the net worth of his spouse and dependents.
Facts/Trivia
- Born in a family of traditional weavers, Meghvali grew up weaving with her father. In an interview he said,
I was born in a family of traditional weavers in the village of Kismidesar (Bikaner), where hardly any student of my age goes to school. During my school and college days, I used to knit to support my family and my education.”
Picture of Arjun Ram Meghwal weaving
- From 2011 to 2014, he worked as a co-chairman of the Committee on Reservations in the Judicial System at the National Commission of the SC.
- As the BJP’s chief whip in the Lok Sabha in 2014, Meghwal cycled to Parliament in his trademark Rajasthani turban, kurta-pyjama and sleeveless jacket to show off his Bikaner. A banner on his cycle, against the backdrop of BJP colours, would announce that he was an MP from Bikaner.
Meghwal rides his trademark Rajasthan bicycle outside Parliament
- In 2013, he introduced the anti-homosexuality bill in the Lok Sabha.
- Ahead of the 2014 elections, Meghwal made headlines for alleged “illegal” land deals in Bikaner by Congress leader Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra.
- His appointment to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Council of Ministers in 2016 was seen as an attempt by the BJP to balance the caste equation in Rajasthan, as the party dropped Nihal Chand Meghwal, the Ganganagar MP and Panchayati Raj minister. Nihal Chand Meghwal was also from the SC community and was sacked by the party as he was under investigation in a 2011 rape case.
- Ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, seven-time MLA Devi Singh Bhati resigned from the BJP and campaigned against Meghwal alleging that Meghwal was working against the BJP and dividing people along caste lines. Meghwal also faced competition from within the family ahead of the elections as the Congress fielded his cousin Madan Gopal Meghwal, an IPS officer who also voluntarily retired to join politics.
- As MoS, Ministry of Culture, Meghwal strongly demanded the declaration of Mangar Hill as a monument of national importance in Rajasthan. On November 17, 1913, 1,500 Bhil freedom fighters were killed in an encounter with the British Army at Mangarh Hill.
- Apart from being a politician, the MP is also known as a singer who occasionally sings spiritual bhajans. He also sang on the 100th episode of PM Modi’s Mann ki Baat.
Arjun Ram Meghwal sings spiritual bhajans at Hunar Haat Agra
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