hiv Sena (UBT) leader Priyanka Chaturvedi on Saturday targeted the government over the Constitution amendment bill that seeks the removal of the Prime Minister, Chief Ministers, and ministers facing serious criminal charges and said the BJP has been targeting opposition leaders.
The mayor further said that as soon as he received information about the matter, he immediately ordered the removal of those signboards. Additionally, he directed action against the officials who were involved in the installation of these boards at the councilor's behest.
Titled "Shah's flowery sermon... first take the Prime Minister's resignation!" the editorial accused the NDA leadership of "Standing in the swamp of political corruption and debauchery," while taking the high ground to make the politics of the country clean and principled.
AAP leader and former Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on the BJP-NDA government's new Bill for the removal of the Prime Minister, Chief Ministers, and ministers facing serious criminal charges, called the Bill positive but warned it could be misused like ED and CBI.
Union Home Minster Amit Shah moved in the Upper House that the three bills be sent to a joint committee, amid relentless sloganeering and shouting by Opposition. The motion was adopted through a voice vote.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dilip Ghosh lauded the bill for the removal of PM and CMs held on serious criminal charges and said that it will strengthen the democracy of India.
BJP MP Damodar Agarwal praised the BJP-NDA government's new Bill for the removal of the Prime Minister, Chief Ministers, and ministers facing serious criminal charges.
The 130th Constitutional Amendment Bill, introduced under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, is a transformative step toward realizing a Viksit Bharat, said Tamil Nadu BJP Spokesperson ANS Prasad.
Congress MP Sukhdeo Bhagat alleged that the government is using the Election Commission for 'vote chori' and the new Bill on removal of arrested ministers as a political weapon to intimidate Bihar and Andhra Pradesh ahead of elections.
Speaking to reporters, the RJD leader said, "They are bringing this for Nitish Kumar and Chandrababu Naidu. They have only one job - to blackmail. If PMLA is slapped in ED cases, there can be no quick bail. These are torture tactics. Instead of building the country, they are distorting it
Strong opposition voices emerged after Union Home Minister Amit Shah tabled three Bills in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday to allow the removal of prime ministers, chief ministers and ministers held in custody for 30 days on serious criminal charges.
The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill seeks to amend section 54 of the 2019 Act to provide a legal framework for removal of the Chief Minister or Minister upon arrest or detention on serious criminal charges.