Chicago – August 20, 2025
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday condemned the tabling of the three contentious bills provisioning the removal of the Prime Minister or chief ministers if they have completed 30 days in prison on serious charges, and suggested that the move seems to be taking the country back to medieval times.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday introduced three bills in the Lok Sabha under which the Prime Minister and chief ministers of states and union territories could be removed if they have been arrested for 30 consecutive days.
“We are going back to medieval times when the king could just remove anybody at his will, or if he didn’t like someone’s face, he could get the ED to get them arrested, and a democratically elected person can be thrown out within 30 days,” the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha said.
As the government introduced the Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill, the Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill, and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, the opposition went in attack mode and tore copies of the legislation amid rowdy scenes inside the lower House on Wednesday.
“There is a war going on between those who are attacking the Constitution and those who are defending it,” the Congress leader, who was wearing a black T-shirt while speaking about the legislation as a mark of protest, said.
