Overview

• The package—featuring the Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill, 2025—would make a prime minister, chief ministers or ministers automatically lose office on the 31st day of continuous custody for offences carrying a minimum five-year sentence.
• Parliament has referred the three bills to a Joint Parliamentary Committee of 21 Lok Sabha and 10 Rajya Sabha members, with a report due in the first week of the next session.
• At rallies in Gaya and Kolkata, Prime Minister Narendra Modi invoked the rule that government employees face suspension after roughly 50 hours in jail and accused opponents of protecting corrupt leaders.
• Speaking in Kochi, Home Minister Amit Shah cited Arvind Kejriwal’s decision to remain in office while jailed as the trigger for seeking a constitutional fix and invited opposition inputs during JPC scrutiny.
• Opposition parties protested in the Lok Sabha and label the plan unconstitutional and open to misuse by central agencies, as debate also referenced ADR findings that 12 of 30 sitting chief ministers declared criminal cases.