The Centre introduced three Bills: The Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill, The Jammu & Kashmir Reorganization (Amendment) Bill and The Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill, in Parliament.

The Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill proposes the removal of a prime minister, a Union minister, a chief minister or a minister of a state or Union Territory when arrested or detained on serious criminal charges for 30 days in a row.

If any one of them is arrested and detained in custody for consecutive 30 days for offences that attract a jail term of at least five years, they will lose their job on the 31st day.

Opposition, including Hyderabad MP and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, have vehemently opposed the three Bills, calling them draconian, anti-constitutional and a direct blow to India’s democracy. 

“This government is bent on creating a police state. The Bill violates the right to choose a government and is a death knell for any elected representative. The Constitution of India is being amended to turn this country into a police state,” he said in Lok Sabha.

“It as a completely draconian thing. It goes against everything and to couch it as a measure which is taken as anti-corruption is just to pull the wool over the eyes of the people. Because, what it basically allows a government to do is — You don’t even have to be convicted,” Priyanka Gandhi said.