Watch: Kiren Rijiju's Advice To Students From The Northeast

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju is one of the BJP's most-recognisable faces from the Northeast

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju took to social media app Koo this morning to post a throwback video of a speech he delivered at New Delhi's Lady Shri Ram College a few years ago. In his speech, Mr Rijiju, one of the BJP's most-recognisable faces from the Northeast, shared a piece of advice with students from the region, urging them to not "isolate" themselves further in new cities. 

Footage of the speech, which was recorded by a student and shared with Mr Rijiju, shows that he began his address with a joke about how he preferred LSR to his own college. Kiren Rijiju is an alumnus of Delhi University's Hansraj College. 

"I was, in this sense, discriminatory. I like LSR more than I liked my own college, Hansraj," the minister said, drawing laughter from the audience at the women-only institute. 

He spoke about his own experience of being a member of parliament from the Northeast, saying that he developed his own "concept" to make sure his voice was heard. "If politicians use muscle power outside to get into power, I will not do that," said Mr Rijiju. "But inside the House, I will use my vocal power. So I started speaking a lot in parliament."