A war of words broke out between the Congress and the BJP spokespersons on social media after Kiren Rijiju was removed from the law ministry on Thursday as the Congress questioned the silence over the issue at a time when BJP showed more interest in Congress naming its Karnataka CM. "What went wrong? Did the loudmouth put executive and judiciary at warpath? Given his habitual lying and penchant for distorting history, heading the Rs2 troll ministry would have been a good option as well!" Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate tweeted.

Kiren Rijiju has been at the centre of disagreement with the judges as he made several controversial statements like some retired judges are part of 'anti-India' gang etc. Rijiju has been given earth sciences ministry while Arjun Ram Meghwal is the new law minister. Meghwal has been appointed as the minister of state but with independent charge.