The Lok Sabha has referred three key Bills, including the 130th Constitutional Amendment, to a Joint Parliamentary Committee. The proposals mandate removal of ministers, even PM or CMs, if jailed for 30 days on serious charges.
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Wednesday sent three new Bills, including a big constitutional amendment proposal, to a Joint Committee of Parliament for deeper study and review.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah moved the resolution for sending the Bills to the Committee, and the House agreed to it even though opposition members strongly protested during the discussion.
Constitution (One Hundred and Thirtieth Amendment) Bill, 2025.
This Bill makes changes to Articles 75, 164 and 239AA of the Constitution. It clearly says that if a Union Minister, a State Minister or a Delhi Minister is arrested and kept in jail for 30 days in a case where the minimum punishment is at least five years in prison, then that person will be removed from office.
The President (for Union Ministers) or the Governor (for State Ministers) will carry out the removal based on the advice of the Prime Minister or Chief Minister. In the case where the Prime Minister or Chief Minister themselves are arrested and remain in custody, they will have to resign by the thirty-first day.
If they do not resign, they will automatically lose their post. The Bill also explains that such leaders can be re-appointed once they are released from jail.
Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill, 2025.
This changes Section 45 of the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963. The new rule is the same as the Constitutional Amendment, but it applies only to Union Territories. This means that a UT Minister, including a UT Chief Minister, will automatically lose his or her post if kept in detention for 30 days for an offence that has at least five years’ punishment.
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The Chief Minister of a UT has to resign by the thirty-first day, failing which the post will fall vacant on its own. Here also, the Bill allows the person to be re-appointed after release.
Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2025.
This Bill changes Section 54 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019. It adds a new Section 54(5A) which brings the same system of removal to Jammu and Kashmir.
This means that if a minister in J&K is detained for 30 days on serious criminal charges, the Lieutenant Governor will remove them on the advice of the Chief Minister. If the Chief Minister himself is detained, he must resign by the thirty-first day.
If he does not resign, he will automatically stop holding office. Like in the other two Bills, such a person can be re-appointed after being released from jail.
The Lok Sabha decided that a Joint Committee of Parliament, consisting of 21 members from the Lok Sabha and 10 members from the Rajya Sabha, will carefully examine all three Bills and present a detailed report in the next session of Parliament.
The move to introduce these Bills faced loud opposition from several leaders, including Asaduddin Owaisi (AIMIM), Manish Tewari (INC), NK Premchandran (RSP), KC Venugopal (INC), and Dharmendra Yadav (SP).
They raised objections and disrupted the proceedings. However, after voting, the introduction of the Bills was allowed. A separate motion was also passed to send the Bills to the Joint Committee for further scrutiny.
READ/DOWNLOAD The Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill, 2025
READ/DOWNLOAD The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2025
READ/DOWNLOAD The Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill, 2025.
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