Congress to boycott Parliament’s Joint Committee reviewing bills on removal of PM, CM and Ministers arrested on serious criminal charges

The Congress has conveyed to the government its decision to not join Parliament’s Joint Committee that will review the three bills on the removal of the Prime Minister, Chief Ministers, and Ministers arrested on serious criminal charges for 30 days.

According to sources, Congress informed Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju about the party’s decision on Monday (October 13, 2025). 

The Lok Sabha had passed a resolution to refer the bills to the joint committee soon after Union Home Minister Amit Shah had introduced the bill in the Lower House on August 20. The three bills, introduced by the Home Minister, are the Constitution (One Hundred and Thirtieth Amendment) Bill, 2025; the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2025; and the Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill, 2025. 

The Trinamool Congress (TMC), the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Shiv Sena (UBT) have declared their intent to keep away from such a panel. The DMK too had publicly stated that they would go with the majority option within the bloc. The opposition has argued that the intent of this legislation is malafide and that it is futile to participate in a panel where the BJP will be in a majority. The opposition has also cited the example of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Bofors case in 1987 which was boycotted by six major Opposition parties.