High drama erupted in Lok Sabha as opposition MPs tore and flung copies of key amendment bills towards Union Home Minister Amit Shah. The House was adjourned till 3 PM amid the uproar.
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha witnessed uproar on Wednesday when opposition members tore and threw copies of the Constitution (One Hundred and Thirtieth Amendment) Bill, 2025, the Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill, 2025, and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2025 towards Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
The ruckus forced the House to be adjourned till 3 PM.
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah tabled three significant bills, including a Constitution Amendment Bill, which seeks to create a clear legal framework for removing the Prime Minister, Chief Ministers, or Ministers facing allegations of corruption or serious criminal offences if they remain in custody for 30 consecutive days.
The first among them, the Constitution (One Hundred and Thirtieth Amendment) Bill, 2025, proposes to amend the Constitution of India itself.
Alongside, Shah also introduced the Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill, 2025, and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2025.
The amendment to the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, is a crucial move. The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2025 seeks to insert provisions into Section 54 of the 2019 Act.
Its aim is to ensure that any Chief Minister or Minister who is arrested or detained for serious crimes cannot continue in office and thereby undermine the principles of democratic governance.
The government explained its reasoning in the bill, stating:
“It said that a Minister, who is facing allegation of serious criminal offences, arrested and detained in custody, may thwart or hinder the canons of constitutional morality and principles of good governance and eventually diminish the constitutional trust reposed by people in him.”
Currently, the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 has no such clause for automatic removal of a Chief Minister or Minister in the event of arrest or detention. This loophole, the government argues, creates a gap in accountability that needs to be closed.
To address this, the bill proposes a new provision under Section 54 — Section (5A). As per this insertion:
“(5A) a minister, who for any period of thirty consecutive days during holding the office as such, is arrested and detained in custody, on allegation of committing an offence under any law for the time being in force, which is punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years or more, shall be removed from his office, by the Lieutenant Governor on the advice of the Chief Minister to be tendered by the thirty-first day, after being taken in such custody.”
The draft law also ensures that if the Chief Minister does not give such advice for removal, the concerned Minister will automatically lose his position. It clearly provides:
“The bill provides that if the advice of the Chief Minister for the removal of such Minister is not tendered to the Lieutenant Governor by the thirty-first day, he shall cease to be a Minister, with effect from the day falling thereafter.”
The amendment directly addresses the situation of a Chief Minister as well. If a Chief Minister himself is arrested and detained for 30 days or more in relation to an offence punishable with at least five years’ imprisonment, then he cannot continue in office.
The provision states:
“The amendment also provides that in case of the Chief Minister, who for any period of thirty consecutive days during holding the office as such, is arrested and detained in custody, on allegation of committing an offence under any law for the time being in force, which is punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years or more, shall tender his resignation by the thirty-first day after such arrest and detention, and if he does not tender his resignation, he shall cease to be the Chief Minister, with effect from the day falling thereafter.”
At the same time, the bill balances this removal clause by ensuring that a person can be reappointed after being released from custody.
The draft adds:
“It also provides that nothing in this sub-section shall prevent such Chief Minister or Minister from being subsequently appointed as the Chief Minister or a Minister, by the Lieutenant Governor, on his release from custody, as per sub-section (1).”
With these provisions, the Union government aims to strengthen constitutional morality and public trust in governance. However, the dramatic protests in the Lok Sabha, where opposition MPs tore up copies of the bills and hurled them towards Amit Shah, highlighted the sharp political divide over the proposal.
The bills will now be debated further in the House after resumption at 3 PM.
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