Monsoon Parliament Session: Houses Recess until 2:00 AM due to Continued Protests from the Opposition
The Indian Parliament is set to consider a significant constitutional amendment, the Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill, 2025, which aims to strengthen political accountability and ethical governance by automatically removing Prime Ministers, Chief Ministers, Union Ministers, State Ministers, and their respective councils if they are arrested and detained for 30 consecutive days on charges involving five or more years of imprisonment.
This amendment seeks to address a long-standing constitutional gap where leaders facing serious criminal charges could continue in office while in jail. The bill represents an effort to institutionalize political accountability and integrity in governance and responds to public concern over leaders allegedly ruling from judicial custody without resigning.
The key provisions of the bill include amendments to Articles 75 (Union Council of Ministers), 164 (State Councils of Ministers), and 239AA (Delhi special provisions) to incorporate this new removal clause. The bill also extends to Union Territories and Jammu & Kashmir via separate amendments.
The bill will be introduced by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the Parliament. If passed, the Prime Minister, Chief Ministers, and ministers will be required to resign if arrested on serious charges and remain in custody for 30 consecutive days. Failure to resign by the 31st day will result in automatic removal from office.
The bill's purpose is to ensure that ministers facing serious criminal allegations who spend a significant time in judicial custody cannot continue holding office. This move is expected to strengthen political accountability and ethical governance in India.
In other Parliamentary news, Vice-Presidential candidate of the ruling NDA, C.P. Radhakrishnan, filed his nomination for the elections today. The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill 2025 and the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025 are also part of the revised list of Government business for Wednesday.
The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned till 2:00 PM on day 20 of the Parliament's Monsoon Session. Protests by the Opposition took place demanding a discussion on voter roll revision in Bihar on Wednesday.
C.P. Radhakrishnan was joined by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Ministers, and NDA alliance partners during the nomination process. The Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill, 2025 is also part of the revised list of Government business for Wednesday.
The proposed constitutional amendment will undoubtedly spark debates about democratic rights, presumption of innocence, and whether such removal on detention (pre-trial) rather than conviction infringes on constitutional safeguards. However, the bill's intention to uphold political accountability and integrity is clear.
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