Centre to bring bills on removal of PM, chief ministers arrested on serious charges

20-Aug-2025

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The government is set to introduce a bill on August 20 in the Lok Sabha aimed at providing a legal framework for the removal of the Prime Minister, Chief Ministers of states or Ministers of Union Territories, including Jammu and Kashmir, if they are arrested or detained on serious criminal charges, senior officials confirmed.

The proposed legislation seeks to amend Articles 75, 164, and 239AA of the Constitution, as well as Section 54 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019. 

Under the proposed provisions, any Minister, including the Prime Minister, Chief Minister, or any Minister of State, who is arrested and detained for a continuous period of 30 days in connection with an offence punishable with imprisonment of five years or more, will be liable to be removed from office.