Amit Shah Tables a Set of 3 Bills to Remove PMs, CMs Held for 30 Days

Resolution passed by voice vote to refer the measures to JPC

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday introduced three Bills in the Lok Sabha for the removal of Prime Ministers, chief ministers, and ministers arrested on serious criminal charges for 30 days, drawing fierce protests from the Opposition as the draft laws were referred to a Joint Committee of Parliament (JPC).

The three Bills are 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.

The Bills have proposed that if the prime minister, union ministers, or chief ministers are arrested and detained in custody for 30 consecutive days for offenses that attract a jail term of at least five years, they will lose their job on the 31st day.

Amid repeated disruptions, Shah introduced the three Bills as a resolution was passed by a voice vote to refer the measures to a Joint Committee of Parliament comprising 21 members from Lok Sabha and 10 from Rajya Sabha.