Overview

• Home minister Amit Shah introduced three measures that would automatically remove a prime minister, chief minister or minister held in custody for 30 consecutive days on serious charges punishable by at least five years, with loss of office on the 31st day and possible return if later granted bail.
• The bills are 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, proposing changes to Articles 75, 164 and 239AA and to Section 45 of the UTs Act, 1963, and Section 54 of the J&K Reorganisation Act, 2019.
• The House referred the draft laws to a Joint Parliamentary Committee of 21 Lok Sabha and 10 Rajya Sabha members, directing it to submit findings by the last day of the first week of the next session.
• Opposition MPs stormed the well, tore copies of the bills and threw paper bits near Shah, arguing the plan violates the presumption of innocence, threatens federalism and separation of powers, and could enable misuse of investigative agencies.
• Shah defended the move as raising political morality and preventing governance from jail, cited Indira Gandhi–era changes as contrast, and noted the constitutional amendment will require two-thirds backing in both Houses.