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PM-CM Removal Bills: Rahul’s ‘King’ Jibe, Mamata’s ‘1 Party-1 Govt’ Warning, BJP Says Oppn With

A stormy day unfolded in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday as Union Home Minister Amit Shah introduced three contentious bills providing for the removal of the prime minister, Union ministers, chief ministers or state ministers if arrested and detained for 30 consecutive days on serious criminal charges. The move triggered uproar from opposition parties, who labelled the proposed legislation as unconstitutional, draconian, and a threat to democracy.

Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi termed the government’s move ‘medieval’ and remarked, “There is a lot of action going on about the new Bill that the BJP is proposing. We are going back to medieval times when the king could just remove anybody at will. There’s no concept of what an elected person is. He doesn’t like your face, so he tells ED to put a case, and then a democratically elected person is wiped out within 30 days.”

Priyanka Gandhi Slams Move as ‘Draconian’

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra condemned the bills, calling them undemocratic and anti-constitutional. According to news agency PTI, speaking to reporters in Parliament, she said, “It is a completely draconian thing. It goes against everything and to couch it as a measure which is taken as anti-corruption is just to pull the wool over the eyes of the people. Because, what it basically allows a government to do is — You don’t even have to be convicted.”

She further argued, “Tomorrow, you can put any case on a chief minister and have him arrested for 30 days without even him being convicted, and then he ceases to be chief minister. I think it is absolutely wrong, it is anti-democracy and against Constitution, it is undemocratic, and it is very unfortunate.”

‘Sinister Attempt To Intimidate Regional Parties’: Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin Slams ‘Black Bill’

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin also vocally criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government for introducing the 130th Constitution Amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha, stating that the legislation poses a serious threat to the nation’s democratic foundations. According to the Chief Minister, if passed, the bill could be used by the central government to file fabricated cases against Chief Ministers of opposition parties.

In a post on the social media platform X, Stalin accused the BJP government of having decided to “defile” the Constitution. He wrote, “The 130th Constitutional Amendment is not reform — this is a Black Day and this is a Black Bill. 30-day arrest = Removal of an elected CM. No trial, no conviction — just BJP’s DIKTAT. This is how DICTATORSHIPS begin: Steal votes, Silence rivals and Crush States,”.

Stalin further alleged that the bill is a “diversion tactic” by the BJP to distract from recent “vote theft” allegations.  

The Chief Minister expressed confidence that the judiciary would ultimately strike down the legislation. “The plan of this Bill is clear. It allows the BJP to foist false cases against political opponents in power across States and remove them by misusing provisions that treat even a 30-day arrest as a ground for removal of an elected leader, without any conviction or trial,” he said, adding, “This unconstitutional amendment will certainly be struck down by the courts because guilt is decided only after trial, not by the mere registration of a case,”.

Stalin also claimed the bill is a “sinister attempt to intimidate regional parties in the NDA”. He warned that this bill is a move by an “emerging dictator” to give himself the “power to arrest and remove rivals from office”.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee Warns Of ‘One Party-One Govt’ Rule

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sharply criticised the Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill, 2025, calling it “a step more than a super-Emergency.” In a post on X, she wrote, “I condemn the 130th Constitutional Amendment Bill, proposed to be tabled by the Government of India today. I condemn it as a step towards something that is more than a super-Emergency, a step to end the democratic era of India forever.”

The Trinamool Congress chief alleged that the bill “will finish the independence of the country’s judiciary” and accused the BJP of pushing towards “One man-one-party-one Government.” She added, “This draconian step comes as a death knell for democracy and federalism in India.”

The Lok Sabha witnessed chaotic scenes as opposition MPs tore up copies of the bills after Shah’s tabling. TMC MP Mahua Moitra declared, “Today is one of the darkest days in Indian democracy. Late last night, the BJP govt, which has only 240 MPs, this is not a majority govt, hanging on with the help of two allies introduced a bill which is a constitutional amendment bill, and with this, any opposition minister can be arrested and within 30 days … This is extremely dangerous, we are in a state of super emergency.”

On Opposition protests in Lok Sabha, TMC MP Mahua Moitra said, “Amit Shah got scared. First, he sent marshals for the opposition. He sat like a coward in the fourth row. The Home Minister, who is afraid to bring a constitutional amendment from his own seat, goes and sits in the fourth row out of fear of the opposition. What moral authority does he have to bring a constitutional amendment?”

TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee echoed the sentiment, stating, “This is an unconstitutional bill, what else will one do with it if not tear it? Whatever was done was the right thing… because this bill is unconstitutional and undemocratic.” He further alleged, “All these ED cases are fake. The conviction rate of the ED is only 0.5%.”

AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi also raised concerns, warning on X that “today’s three amendment bills will automatically remove any Minister if detained or kept in custody for 30 days. The govt is turning India into a police state. This is a direct assault [on the] separation of powers, and representative democracy.”

According to PTI, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut claimed, “The new laws are meant to ensure that the governments of different parties in the states join the BJP or else there will be a looming threat of the chief minister getting arrested.” “These new laws symbolise dictatorship…The government claims there should be morality in politics but have they practised it in the government in the last 10 years,” the Rajya Sabha member asked.

Amit Shah Says Govt Bills Will ‘Elevate Declining Level Of Morality In Public Life’

Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched a scathing attack on opposition parties, accusing the “INDI Alliance” led by the Congress of “shamelessly” opposing a constitutional amendment bill to “shield corruption”. In a series of posts, Shah said the opposition “stands completely exposed before the people”.

He referenced a verbal altercation with Congress leader K.C. Venugopal earlier in the day when the three bills were introduced. Venugopal had questioned Shah’s own morality, asking, “When he was the Home Minister of Gujarat, he was arrested — did he uphold morality at that time?”

In his response, Shah clarified his past actions, stating, “I want to remind Congress that I had resigned even before being arrested. I did not hold any constitutional position, even after being released on bail, until the court fully acquitted me.” He further added that “The fake case against me was dismissed by the court with the clear observation that it was motivated by political vendetta.”

The Home Minister contrasted the BJP’s stance on political morality with that of the Congress. “Shri Lal Krishna Advani Ji too had resigned from his post merely on the basis of allegations,” he said. In contrast, he alleged, “the Congress party continues to carry forward the unethical tradition started by Smt. Indira Gandhi.”

Shah also accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of double standards, citing his alliance with RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav. “The very same Shri Lalu Prasad Yadav Ji, to safeguard whom from the law the Congress party had once brought an ordinance, a move that was opposed by Shri Rahul Gandhi too–is being embraced by Rahul Gandhi at Gandhi Maidan in Patna today. The people clearly understand this double standard,” he remarked.

Shah remarked that while the Congress had previously used constitutional amendments to place the Prime Minister above the law, the BJP’s policy is to ensure that even its own leaders are held accountable.

“On one hand, PM Shri @narendramodi Ji has introduced a constitutional amendment to bring himself into the ambit of law. On the other hand, under the leadership of Congress, the entire opposition has opposed it in order to remain above the law, run governments from jail, and cling to power,” he said. He further reminded the nation of former PM Indira Gandhi’s actions, stating, “The nation also remembers the time when, in this very august House, then Prime Minister Smt. Indira Gandhi Ji, through Constitutional Amendment No. 39, granted special privilege to the Prime Minister, ensuring that no legal action could be taken against her.”

BJP Says ‘Opposition Stands With Corruption’

The ruling BJP dismissed the opposition’s protest as misplaced. Union Minister Amit Shah, while facing loud sloganeering in the House, said he had resigned on moral grounds before his own arrest in Gujarat, insisting, “We cannot be so shameless that we continue to occupy constitutional positions while facing serious charges.”

According to news agency ANI, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan emphasised that three bills aim to bring transparency, hitting out at the opposition. He said, “The way the opposition behaved in Parliament today is condemnable… Does the opposition, especially the Congress party, want its leaders to remain above the law even after going to jail?… In the past, we have seen that some leaders wanted to run the government from jail and did not resign… This bill will bring a lot of transparency… The aim of the leaders opposing this bill is to bring anarchy in the country… This shows how little they respect the Constitution… Rahul Gandhi is anti-Constitution.”

BJP MP Anurag Thakur hit back, asking, “What is the opposition protesting against, morality or corruption? After all, in Indian politics, if we talk about resigning on the basis of morality and against corruption, and then about making laws, why does the opposition oppose this? Today, the fight is clear: who stands with the corrupt – the opposition; and who is free from corruption – the BJP. The opposition and such actions that took place in Parliament have shamed democracy and have also shown that the opposition stands with corruption and is ready to go to any extent to protect the corrupt.”

Party colleague Ravi Shankar Prasad questioned, “It is very sad that MPs are behaving like this, trying to fight… What is their problem with this bill? Do they have a problem because this bill provides a solution for people like Arvind Kejriwal, who go to jail but do not resign?… People who go to jail and still run the government, it is sad for Indian governance… This bill addresses this issue. I don’t know why they are creating a ruckus…”

Sambit Patra remarked that the opposition’s behaviour in Parliament was unprecedented: “The way the opposition MPs, especially Congress MPs, behaved in the Parliament has never happened in history…The way opposition MPs tore and threw the copies of the bill and intimated the Speaker…The copies of the bill were thrown towards Union Home Minister Amit Shah…A black chapter has been written by the opposition…They did all this to save the corrupt…Government cannot be run from jail…When this kind of bill was brought by Indira Gandhi, it was mentioned that cases cannot be registered against the Prime Minister, President, Vice-President…”

“In this bill, action can be taken against the Prime Minister, Union Ministers, state ministers, and the Chief Minister…To save Lalu Prasad Yadav, Manmohan Singh brought an ordinance, tore that ordinance and said that he was against corruption. Today again the bill was torn, which means that they want governments to be run from jail…The nation is watching this hypocrisy,” Patra said.

Bills Referred to Joint Committee

Despite the uproar, the bills — the Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill 2025, the Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill 2025, and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill 2025 — were referred to a Joint Committee of Parliament comprising 21 Lok Sabha and 10 Rajya Sabha members.

The Committee has been tasked with submitting its report by the first week of the Winter Session, expected in November.

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