New Delhi [India], August 20 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday introduced the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2025, in the Lok Sabha. The bill seeks to amend Section 54 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, providing a legal framework for the removal of the Chief Minister or a Minister in case of arrest or detention on account of serious criminal charges.
Alongside this, the government also introduced the Constitution (One Hundred and Thirtieth Amendment) Bill, 2025, and the Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill, 2025. All three bills have been referred to the Joint Committee of Parliament. The Lok Sabha was adjourned till 5 pm amid uproar from Opposition MPs.
Opposition members strongly opposed the bills. AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi stated, “I stand to oppose the introduction of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill 2025, the Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill 2025, and the Constitution (One Hundred and Thirtieth Amendment) Bill 2025. This violates the principle of separation of powers and undermines the right of the people to elect a government. It gives executive agencies a free hand to act as judge and executioner based on flimsy allegations and suspicions. This government is hell-bent on creating a Police State. The Chief Minister and the Ministers will not be accountable to the people.”
Congress MP Manish Tewari also criticized the bills, calling them “destructive to the basic structure of the Constitution.” (ANI)
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