Parliament Monsoon Session LIVE: Lok Sabha adjourned till 5pm, ‘Criminal’ MP removal Bills referred to JPC amid uproar
Parliament Monsoon Session Live: Union Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday moved three Bills in Lok Sabha including one that seeks to remove the PM, CMs and other ministers from their posts if they face allegations of committing serious crimes.
The three Bills include 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.
The Lok Sabha was in a deadlock and got adjourned multiple times amid chaos and resistance from the Opposition, who threw torn copies of the Bill towards Amit Shah.
The Lok Sabha has been adjourned till 5 pm.
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Parliament Monsoon Session: Govt hell-bent on creating ‘Police State’ says Owaisi
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi delivered one of the fiercest interventions, declaring: “I stand to oppose the introduction of Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill 2025, Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill 2025 and the Constitution (One Hundred and Thirtieth Amendment) Bill 2025. This violates principle of separation of powers and undermines the right of the power to elect a Govt. It gives executive agencies a free run to become judge and executioner based on flimsy allegations and suspicions… This Govt is hell-bent on creating a Police State. This will be a death nail unleashed on elected Govt. India Constitution is being amended to turn this country into a Police State.”
Parliament Monsoon Session: BJP members, marshals protect Shah
As the protests escalated, BJP members, including Union Ministers Ravneet Singh Bittu and Kiren Rijiju came near Shah and there was a brief jostling between Opposition and ruling party MPs. Three House marshals formed a protective ring around Shah. Even after the House was adjourned, the Opposition members continued with the sloganeering.
Parliament Monsoon Session: Anurag Thakur says Opposition ‘stands with corrupt’
“What is the opposition protesting against, morality or corruption? After all, in Indian politics, if we talk about resigning on the basis of morality and against corruption, and then about making laws, why does the opposition oppose this? Today, the fight is clear: who stands with the corrupt – the opposition; and who is free from corruption – the BJP. The opposition and such actions that took place in Parliament have shamed democracy and have also shown that the opposition stands with corruption and is ready to go to any extent to protect the corrupt,” says BJP MP Anurag Singh Thakur.
Parliament Monsoon Session: What do the Bills state?
The Bills have proposed that if the prime minister, union ministers or chief ministers, are arrested and detained in custody for 30 consecutive days for offences that attract a jail term of at least five years, they will lose their job on the 31st day.
Parliament Monsoon Session: Opposition protests, Shah counters
When Congress leader KC Venugopal raised the issue of Amit Shah’s arrest while he was the home minister of Gujarat and asked about his claim of morality in politics, the senior BJP leader countered, saying he had resigned on moral grounds before his arrest and joined the government only after being discharged by the court.
Parliament Monsoon Session: Lok Sabha Adjourned
Lok Sabha adjourned till 5 pm after Bill referred to Parliament Joint Committee.
Parliament Monsoon Session: Bill referred to Joint Committee
Amit Shah said the Bills will be sent to the Joint Committee of Parliament, where members of both Houses, including those from the Opposition, would get an opportunity to give their suggestions.
Parliament Monsoon Session: Opposition begins protests
As soon as the bill was tabled, the Opposition members began protests and trooped into the well, raising slogans, as some of them tore copies of the Bills in front of Shah. Opposition MPs, including AIMIM’s Asaduddin Owaisi and Congress’ Manish Tewari and K C Venugopal, spoke against the introduction, terming the proposed law against the Constitution and federalism.
Parliament Monsoon Session: Amit Shah moves 3 Bills
Union Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday moved three Bills in Lok Sabha for the removal of prime minister, chief ministers, and ministers arrested on serious criminal charges for 30 days, drawing fierce protests from the Opposition.
