Who is the newly appointed Minister of State for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal?

On May 18, President of India Draupadi Murmu notified that Arjun Ram Meghwal has been assigned the independent charge as Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice in addition to his existing portfolio..Kiren Rijiju, who was functioning as the Minister of Law and Justice, has been given the portfolio of the Ministry of Earth & Sciences..69-year-old Meghwal is serving as the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and the Minister of State for Culture.He is a retired Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officer who went on to serve as the District Magistrate (Collector) in Rajasthan..Previously, Meghwal had served as the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Water Resource, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation during Modi’s first term as Prime Minister. He has been a member of the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) for over a decade.In 2009, Meghwal was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) in the Lok Sabha from Bikaner and was re-elected in the 2014 general election. During his seocnd term as an MP, he was the Chief Whip of the BJP in Lok Sabha..It is also worth noting that Meghwal, who is now at the helm of the Law Ministry, has not previously held a cabinet rank..Bill against decriminalization of homosexuality.In 2012, Meghwal had introduced a private member bill in the Lok Sabha against the 2009 Delhi High Court judgment which termed Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code 1860 unconstitutional and decriminalized homosexuality."The main point of my bill is that the honourable Delhi High Court's decision (to decriminalise homosexuality in 2009) is not in accordance with Indian culture," Meghwal had said while introducing the bill.Later in 2013, when the Supreme Court had overturned the Delhi High Court judgment, Meghwal had welcomed this decision..Kiren Rijiju exits as Law Minister; Arjun Ram Meghwal to take his place as Minister of State in Law Ministry