Chaos dominated the Lok Sabha on Wednesday as Opposition MPs tore copies of three controversial Bills and flung them towards Union Home Minister Amit Shah, accusing the government of bulldozing democracy. The uproar broke out after Shah introduced the Constitution (One Hundred and Thirtieth Amendment) Bill, 2025, the Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill, 2025, and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2025—all designed to allow the removal of the Prime Minister, Chief Ministers, or Ministers facing corruption charges or serious offences if detained for 30 consecutive days.
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The Opposition stormed the Well of the House, shouting slogans of "Loktantra khatre mein hai!" and accused the BJP of scripting an authoritarian future. Speaker Om Birla struggled to maintain order before adjourning the House till 3 pm.
Congress MP K.C. Venugopal directly confronted Shah, saying: "This bill is being pushed in the name of morality, but when Amit Shah himself was arrested as Gujarat’s Home Minister, did he uphold morality? Or did he hide behind political power?"
Shah, visibly angered, shot back: "I resigned before my arrest, I did not cling to power. I waited until I was declared innocent by the court before holding any position again. That is morality, not hypocrisy."
The face-off triggered fiery sloganeering, with several MPs tearing documents and hurling them towards the Treasury benches.
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi launched a scathing attack, warning: "This Bill is nothing short of a death blow to democracy. It gives executive agencies the power to topple elected governments. The BJP wants to turn India into a Police State, where an investigating officer becomes more powerful than the Prime Minister. This is the final nail in the coffin of federalism."
Congress MP Manish Tewari also tore into the legislation, branding it unconstitutional: "The basic structure of the Constitution is being dismantled. Presumption of innocence is a core principle of law. This Bill turns it upside down and weaponises state machinery against elected leaders. It violates Article 21, it violates parliamentary democracy—it violates India itself."
The most contentious provision lies in the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2025, which proposes that a Chief Minister or Minister can be removed from office if under detention for serious criminal charges. Opposition MPs argued that this law will be used to destabilise opposition-led state governments across India.
Despite the storm, Amit Shah urged the Speaker to refer all three Bills to a Joint Parliamentary Committee—21 members from the Lok Sabha and 10 from the Rajya Sabha—to “ensure comprehensive debate.”
But the Opposition made its stance clear: “No committee can sanitize a draconian law. This is nothing but a script for dictatorship.”
