His morality changed due to 3 election losses’: Amit Shah tears into Rahul Gandhi over bill to sack jailed PM, CMs
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His morality changed due to 3 election losses’: Amit Shah tears into Rahul Gandhi over bill to sack jailed PM, CMs
New Delhi (Agency News) - Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday raised questions over Congress MP and Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi's moral stance, asking whether it has changed after losing three consecutive elections.
Why did Rahul Ji tear the ordinance that Manmohan Singh brought to protect Lalu Ji? If there was morality that day, then what happened now? Just because you have lost three consecutive elections? Morality's standards are not connected with victory or loss in elections. They should be steady like the Sun and the Moon," Shah said in an interview with news agency ANI.
He also asked whether it would be right if the PM of the country or a CM runs the government from jail in case of imprisonment.
"Right now, Narendra Modi is there, so there is no question of it. But if the Prime Minister of the country goes to jail, do you think it is right that the Prime Minister or the Chief Minister runs the government from jail? Is there such a belief in this country that the country will not run without the person sitting in the post? Your party has the majority, so someone from your party will come and run the government," Shah said.
He added, "When you get bail, you must go there... Why should we lose membership (of Parliament) after two years? During the Congress rule, there was a provision that if there is an order of imprisonment for more than two years from the Sessions Court, then your membership ends automatically."
Shah was referring to an ordinance that gave convicted lawmakers a three-month relief to retain their seats, a move that was brought in after Lalu Prasad Yadav's conviction in the Fodder Scam case. The ordinance effectively negated the Supreme Court's order on the disqualification of convicted MPs and MLAs and was later withdrawn.
Shah spoke about the Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill, 2025, which seeks the removal of any Prime Minister, Chief Minister, or Minister detained for 30 consecutive days, and questioned whether it was "fair" that anyone in any of these constitutional posts should be allowed to run the government from prison.
"In this country today, the number of NDA CMs is more. The PM is also from the NDA. So this bill does not raise questions only for the opposition. This raises questions for our CMs as well... There is a provision for bail for 30 days. If it is a fake type of case, then the country's High Court and Supreme Court are not sitting with their eyes closed. The High Court and Supreme Court have the right to grant bail in any case. If bail is not granted, then you will have to leave the post. I want to ask the people of the country and the Opposition, can a Chief Minister, a Prime Minister or a minister run their government from the jail? Is it appropriate for the democracy of the country," the home minister said.
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