‘Shouldn’t make a fuss’: Amit Shah speaks at length on Constitution Amendment Bill, ex-VP Jagdeep Dhankhar and Rahul Gandhi – Top quotes | India News

NEW DELHI: Union house minister Amit Shah on Monday defended the federal government’s proposed Constitutional Amendment Bill and dismissed hypothesis surrounding former Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar’s resignation.Speaking in an unique interview with information company ANI, Shah put to relaxation claims of political undercurrents behind the transfer. “Dhankhar ji was sitting on a constitutional post and during his tenure, he did good work according to the constitution. He has resigned due to his personal health problem. One should not try to stretch it too much and find something,” the Union house minister stated.Dhankhar resigned as VP on July 21, citing well being causes.

On the Constitution Amendment Bill

Speaking on the Constitution (One Hundred and Thirtieth Amendment) Bill, which mandates removing of Prime Ministers, chief ministers and different ministers if jailed for critical offences, Shah expressed confidence that Parliament would again the measure.“I am sure it will be passed. There will be many people in the Congress party and in the opposition who will support morality and maintain the moral ground,” he stated.Shah accused the opposition of resisting reforms solely to safeguard their leaders. “Even today, they are trying that if they ever go to jail, they will easily form the government from jail. The jail will be made CM House, PM House and the DGP, Chief Secretary, Cabinet Secretary or Home Secretary will take orders from the jail,” he remarked.The Constitution (a hundred and thirtieth Amendment) Bill, 2025, launched by Union house minister Amit Shah within the Lok Sabha through the Monsoon Session, proposes the removing of any central or state minister, together with the Prime Minister or chief minister, if they’re arrested and held in custody for at least 30 days on costs associated to corruption or critical legal offences.

Targeting Rahul Gandhi

The house minister additionally took goal at Rahul Gandhi, lashing out at his “Voter Adhikar Yatra” in Bihar . “There is a big difference between managing a program and communicating with the public,” he stated.He additional attacked Gandhi over his previous actions. “What was the justification of Rahul Gandhi for tearing the ordinance brought by Manmohan Singh to save Lalu Yadav? If there was morality that day, then is it not there today because you have lost three consecutive elections?”

On Parliament safety

Shah additionally defended the deployment of CISF inside Parliament, rejecting opposition criticism. “The marshals enter the House only when the Speaker orders them. This change happened after a big incident when some Leftist people had sprayed inside the Parliament… They (opposition) need excuses and they want to create confusion among the public. After losing three elections, the level of frustration has made them lose common sense,” he stated.On August 5, through the morning session of the Rajya Sabha, Congress and different Opposition events brought on an uproar, alleging that CISF personnel had been deployed within the House the earlier week. The Chair and the federal government strongly denied this, clarifying that the personnel had been from parliamentary safety companies.