Overview

• Union home minister Amit Shah introduced three proposals—the Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill, the Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill, and the Jammu & Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill—triggering loud opposition protests and adjournments.
• The draft laws provide that the Prime Minister, chief ministers or ministers held in custody for 30 consecutive days for offences punishable by at least five years would lose office on the 31st day, with reappointment allowed after release.
• The House adopted a motion by voice vote to send the bills to a Joint Committee of Parliament comprising 21 Lok Sabha members and 10 Rajya Sabha members, with a report due by the first week of the next session.
• Opposition MPs tore copies of the bills and accused the government of violating the presumption of innocence, separation of powers and federalism, warning of potential misuse by agencies like the ED and CBI to unseat elected leaders.
• The government defended the move as upholding public morality and preventing governance from jail, and included a Jammu & Kashmir–specific amendment to align the Union Territory and a Union Territories law with the proposed framework; the constitutional change will still require two‑thirds support in both Houses.