He was the Cabinet Minister of Earth Sciences and Food Processing Industries in the Government of India from 2023 to June 2024 and a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Arunachal West since 2014 and from 2004 to 2009.

[3] Rijiju was born on 19 November 1971 to a Buddhist family in the Nakhu village near the Nafra town in the West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh.

He also advocated for government's role in the appointment of judges, writing to the Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud.

[12] She is a graduate from Lady Shri Ram College for Women, New Delhi and is a gold medalist from Arunachal University.

She is an Associate Professor teaching history at Dera Natung Government College, Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh.