Laws For Vindictiveness

Three new Bills were introduced in the Lok Sabha by Union Home Minister Amit Shah shortly before Parliament adjourned last week.

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These bills propose a legal mechanism for the automatic removal of the Prime Minister, Chief Ministers and other ministers if they are jailed for 30 days on charges that carry a minimum sentence of five years. The three Bills - the Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill 2025; the Constitution (One Hundred And Thirtieth Amendment) Bill 2025; and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill 2025 — propose that the President would have the authority to remove the Prime Minister, while the Governor or Lieutenant Governor of the respective state or Union territory would be responsible for removing Chief Ministers and state cabinet ministers. Everyone knows who appoints the President and the Governors, so the use of the words ‘Prime Minister’ is intended to only misguide the gullible and those incapable of understanding the mal-intention behind these proposed laws.

The Bills have been sent by the House to a Joint Committee of Parliament comprising 21 members from the Lok Sabha and 10 from the Rajya Sabha for scrutiny.