Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin on Wednesday described the 130th Constitutional Amendment Bill as a “Black Bill,” alleging that it was designed to target political opponents in power and remove them by foisting false cases.
Stalin criticised the provision that allows a 30-day arrest to lead to the removal of an elected Chief Minister without trial or conviction, calling it a diktat of the BJP. “This is how dictatorships begin: steal votes, silence rivals and crush states,” he said in a social media post.
“The 130th Constitutional Amendment is not reform, this is a Black Day and a Black Bill. I strongly condemn this Bill, which strikes at the very root of democracy, and I call upon all democratic forces to unite against this attempt to turn India into a dictatorship. The Union BJP Government has decided to defile the Constitution and its democratic foundations by turning India into a dictatorship under the Prime Minister,” Stalin asserted.
He further alleged that following the “expose of vote theft,” the very mandate on which the Union BJP Government was formed is now in serious question. “Its legitimacy is doubtful. Having stolen the mandate of the people through fraud, the BJP is now desperate to distract public attention from this exposé. To do that, they have brought in the 130th Constitutional Amendment Bill.”
Stalin said the purpose of the Bill was clear, alleging that it allows the BJP to misuse provisions to foist false cases against political opponents in power across states and remove them by treating even a 30-day arrest as grounds for removal of an elected leader, without any conviction or trial. He warned that this “unconstitutional amendment” would likely be struck down by the courts, noting that guilt is determined only after a trial, not by the mere registration of a case.
“The Bill is a sinister attempt to intimidate regional parties in the NDA, whose leaders are Chief Ministers or Ministers in various states — stick with us or else,” Stalin said. “The first move of any emerging dictator is to give himself the power to arrest and remove rivals from office. That is exactly what this Bill seeks to do,” he added.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday introduced three Bills in the Lok Sabha concerning the removal of Prime Minister, Chief Ministers, and Ministers arrested on serious criminal charges for 30 days, drawing fierce protests from the Opposition. The draft laws were referred to a Joint Committee of Parliament following strong opposition protests. The three Bills include the Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill 2025, the Constitution (One Hundred And Thirtieth Amendment) Bill 2025, and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill 2025.
With PTI inputs