The 130th Constitutional Amendment is not reform — this is a Black Day and this is a Black Bill. 30-day arrest = Removal of an elected CM. No...
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin condemned the 130th Constitutional Amendment Bill as an unconstitutional black law aimed at removing opposition Chief Ministers.
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The 130th Constitutional Amendment is not reform — this is a Black Day and this is a Black Bill.
30-day arrest = Removal of an elected CM. No trial, no conviction — just BJP’s DIKTAT.
This is how DICTATORSHIPS begin: Steal votes, Silence rivals and Crush States.
I strongly condemn this Bill, which strikes at the very root of democracy, and I call upon all the 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.
After the expose of #VoteTheft, the very mandate on which the Union BJP Government was formed is 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 #130thConstitutionalAmendmentBill.
The plan of this Bill is clear. It allows the BJP to foist false cases against political opponents in power across States and remove them by misusing provisions that treat even a 30-day arrest as a ground for removal of an elected leader, without any conviction or trial. This unconstitutional amendment will certainly be struck down by the courts because guilt is decided only after trial, not by the mere registration of a case.
This is a sinister attempt to intimidate regional parties in the NDA, whose leaders are CMs or Ministers in various States — “stick with us or else…”
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.
#VoteChori #VoteAdhikarYatra #BlackBill #BlackDay
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin registered an uncompromising condemnation against the Union BJP Government's introduction of the 130th Constitutional Amendment Bill, characterizing the proposed legislation as a draconian black bill that strikes at the core foundations of parliamentary democracy. Stalin pointed out that the bill introduces an authoritarian mechanism whereby an elected Chief Minister can be summarily removed from office following a thirty-day detention, completely bypassing judicial trial, evidence evaluation, or criminal conviction.
The Chief Minister asserted that this legislation represents a sinister attempt to intimidate regional political parties and unseat opposition state governments through fabricated cases and executive arrests. Stalin argued that having faced severe public scrutiny regarding electoral legitimacy and voter roll manipulation, the ruling Union government introduced this unconstitutional measure to distract public attention and silence democratic dissent across states.
Stalin expressed complete confidence that the constitutional amendment will be struck down by the judiciary, reiterating that guilt can only be determined through due process of law. He called upon all democratic forces, regional parties, and civil society across India to unite in resolute resistance against emerging authoritarianism.