Union Home Minister Amit Shah is likely to introduce three bills in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday (August 20, 2025) to provide legal framework for removal of the Prime Minister, Union Ministers, Chief Ministers and Ministers in States and union territories who are “arrested and detained in custody on account of serious criminal charges.”
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The bills say that the Prime Minister, Chief Ministers, Ministers of States and Union Territories who are arrested and detained in custody for 30 consecutive days on allegation of committing an offence punishable with imprisonment for five years or more, shall be removed from office by the 31st day by the President, Chief Minister (in case of State Ministers), Governor (for Chief Ministers) and Lieutenant-Governor (for Chief Minister in Union Territories).
The bills say that they could be subsequently reappointed on release from custody.
Mr. Shah wrote to the Lok Sabha office on Tuesday (August 19, 2025) informing that the following three Bills be passed in the ongoing session — The Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill, 2025, The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2025 and The Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill, 2025.
