If Arvind Kejriwal had made a resignation statement.
Amit Shah emphasized the importance of “constitutional morality.” He claimed both the ruling party and the opposition should uphold it.
According to Amit Shah, it hasn’t occurred in the seventy-five years since the country gained its independence. He then used the example of Arvind Kejriwal. The former chief minister of Delhi led the government from Tihar jail. Emphasize the importance of introducing legislation to remove ministers who were imprisoned.
Mr. Shah also emphasized the importance of “constitutional morality.” He claimed both the ruling party and the opposition should uphold it.
Amit Shah attacks Arvind Kejriwal’s jailed ministers.
On Wednesday, the government presented three bills to Parliament that would remove the prime minister. A union minister, a chief minister, or a minister of a state or union territory. If they are arrested or detained for 30 days in a row on serious criminal charges.
“Do the citizens of the nation want any chief minister to continue to lead the government while incarcerated? What sort of conversation is this? I don’t get it. This is a moral dilemma. They now question why it was left out of the original Constitution. Speaking at the Manorama News Conclave in Kerala. He stated, “It was not expected when the Constitution was drafted that people who had served time in prison would continue to hold elected office.”
Amit Shah’s speech on the Jailed Ministers bill.
The Home Minister was alluding to Arvind Kejriwal’s refusal to step down after being imprisoned. His arrest on alleged corruption charges in the now-canceled Delhi liquor policy case.
“Now, there was an instance in which a chief minister operated the government while incarcerated. So, should we amend the Constitution? “There was a BJP government in power as well. We never faced such a situation,” Mr. Shah stated. Implying that this new bill would not have been introduced had Mr. Kejriwal resigned after his arrest.
“Even today, Kejriwal would not have altered it if he had resigned.
However, I think that upholding the standard of morality in democracy is the responsibility of both parties,” he continued.
Today, Prime Minister Modi’s Statement in Bihar.
Amid protests from the opposition. The new bill was referred to a Joint Parliamentary Committee. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was in Bihar today, also supported it.
PM Modi referred to Arvind Kejriwal’s case when he said. “We have witnessed a sad circumstance in which individuals in positions of authority have been running governments from jail. Signing files from behind bars, tearing to shreds constitutional propriety.”
The Prime Minister boasted that his 11-year-old government had “no taint of corruption” and contrasted it with. The previous Congress regimes, which were said to have witnessed numerous scams come to light, and the RJD, whose corruption “is known even to the man on the street” when it was in power in Bihar.
Therefore, we made the decision to enact legislation that stipulates that a corrupt chief minister. Even the prime minister may be removed from office after serving 30 days in jail. A lowly clerk is suspended if he is imprisoned for a brief time. However, the RJD, Congress, and the Left were incensed when we introduced a strict law. PM Modi claimed that the reason they are angry is that they fear punishment for their own transgressions.
Rahul Gandhi’s Statement.
The country is being “pushed back to medieval times” when the king would get anyone. He was not, like, arrested, alleged Rahul Gandhi. The leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha criticized the bill.
Mr. Gandhi alleged that over the last 11 years, “we have witnessed the blatant misuse of parliamentary majority to arm the autonomous agencies like ED, I-T, and CBI with draconian powers to target opposition leaders.”
Speaking at the function in the central hall of Samvidhan Sadan (old Parliament). Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said the Constitutional Amendment Bill that undermines the core values of parliamentary democracy and federalism is being introduced in subterfuge at the fag end of the session. Leaving no scope for meaningful debate or scrutiny.
He said over the last 11 years, “We have witnessed the blatant misuse of parliamentary majority to arm the autonomous agencies like ED, I-T, and CBI with draconian powers to target opposition leaders.”
“The ruling party will now use these new bills as tools to further weaken. They destabilize the states’ democratically elected governments. Suppressing opposition voices in Parliament has become more and more common. Mr. Kharge observed, “We are consistently denied the chance to bring up issues of critical public concern in the House.”
