HM presents bills in Lok Sabha to elevate morality in public life

PM, CMs and Ministers cannot continue in office while in prison

IH News Desk

NATIONAL, August 20, 2025: Union Home Minister Amit Shah introduced the Constitution (One Hundred and Thirtieth Amendment) Bill, 2025, the Union Territories (Amendment) Bill, 2025 and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2025 in the Lok Sabha Wednesday. The bills aim to elevate morality in public life and bring integrity to politics by ensuring that individuals holding important constitutional positions such as Prime Ministers, Chief Ministers and Ministers of the Central and State Governments cannot run the government while in prison.

The bills include a provision allowing accused politicians to seek bail from the court within 30 days of arrest. If they fail to secure bail within 30 days, either the Prime Minister at the Center or Chief Ministers in the states will remove them from their positions or they will automatically become legally disqualified from performing their duties.

If granted bail, they may resume their position, the bills assured.

Amit Shah asserted that the people of the country must decide whether it is appropriate for a minister, chief minister or prime minister to run the government from jail. He compared the work culture and policy of the main opposition party, which seeks to place the Prime Minister above the law through constitutional amendments to the party's policy of bringing the Prime Minister, Ministers and Chief Ministers within the ambit of the law.

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