NEW DELHI, MAR 27: The Lok Sabha on Friday extended the deadline for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) examining three bills that propose the removal of prime ministers, chief ministers and ministers if they remain under arrest for 30 consecutive days on serious charges. The committee has now been given time till the first day of the last week of the Monsoon Session of Parliament 2026, which ordinarily begins in the third week of July.
The JPC, chaired by BJP MP Aparajita Sarangi, is examining 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. These bills, introduced by Home Minister Amit Shah in the Lok Sabha on August 20 last year, were later referred to the committee for detailed scrutiny.
