'BJP wants Nitish, Naidu removed': Tejashwi Yadav slams Bill to remove PM, CM; calls it tactic to target allies

NEW DELHI: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday mocked Center's new bill that allows the removal of Prime Minister, chief ministers and ministers facing serious criminal charges calling it an a move to ouster NDA allies Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu.“They are bringing this for Nitish Kumar and Chandrababu Naidu. They have only one job – to blackmail. If PMLA is used in ED cases, there can be no quick bail. These are torture tactics. Instead of building the country, they are destroying it,” Tejashwi told ANI.

Tejashwi also recalled how Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal were jailed earlier but later acquitted, saying the new law could be used in a similar way. “This is a new way to blackmail people... Earlier too, many chief ministers were jailed but acquitted. This is what these people do,” the former Bihar deputy CM said.Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday also claimed that Naidu and Nitish were reportedly most fearful of the Bill. The Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill, 2025, was introduced in the Lok Sabha by home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday. It mandates the removal of any Prime Minister, chief minister or minister detained for 30 days or more on charges punishable with at least five years of imprisonment.

If they do not resign, their post will automatically fall vacant after 31 days. The bill, however, allows them to be reappointed once released.The opposition created an uproar in parliament as the bill was tabled. Congress MP KC Venugopal alleged it was aimed at undermining the Constitution, questioning the BJP’s claim of "morality in politics". He asked the home minister, “When he was Gujarat’s home minister and was arrested, was he upholding morality then?”Responding sharply, Shah said, “Now listen to me, I want to clear the record. False charges were levelled against me. I had resigned before being arrested out of a moral responsibility. And I didn't take up any post until I was acquitted by the courts.”Meanwhile, breaking the party line, once again, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor backed the bill, calling it "reasonable".