The Parliament constituted a 31-member Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to review the Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill that proposes the removal of jailed Prime Ministers, Chief Ministers, and ministers if they are under arrest on serious criminal charges for 30 days.

The Constitution Amendment Bill provides for the removal of the Prime Minister, Chief Minister or any other Minister in the Central or a state government if he/she is arrested and detained in custody on account of serious criminal offences for 30 consecutive days. Two more bills with similar provisions in Puducherry and Jammu and Kashmir were also introduced in the Lok Sabha. The three bills will be examined by a JPC.

Congress MP Manickam Tagore announced that the INDIA alliance is boycotting the Joint Parliamentary C

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