PM-CM Removal Bills: Rahul’s ‘King’ Jibe, Mamata’s ‘1 Party-1 Govt’ Warning, BJP Says Oppn With Corrupt—Who Said What

Amit Shah introduced bills in Lok Sabha to remove arrested government heads accused of serious offences. Leaders like Priyanka Gandhi and Mamata Banerjee condemned the bills as “draconian” and a threat to democracy.

A stormy day unfolded in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday as Union Home Minister Amit Shah introduced three contentious bills providing for the removal of the prime minister, Union ministers, chief ministers or state ministers if arrested and detained for 30 consecutive days on serious criminal charges. The move triggered uproar from opposition parties, who labelled the proposed legislation as unconstitutional, draconian, and a threat to democracy.

Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi termed the government’s move ‘medieval’ and remarked, “There is a lot of action going on about the new Bill that the BJP is proposing. We are going back to medieval times when the king could just remove anybody at will. There’s no concept of what an elected person is. He doesn’t like your face, so he tells ED to put a case, and then a democratically elected person is wiped out within 30 days.”