BJP's Sarangi to Chair JPC on Bills to Remove PM, CMs, Ministers; 4 Oppn MPs Part of It

Cong Slams Panel, Calls It 'Rubber Stamp for Modi's Unconstitutional Agenda'

PTI, NEW DELHI, NOV 12, 2025 : BJP leader Aparajita Sarangi was on Wednesday appointed as the chairperson of the Joint Committee of Parliament to examine Bills to remove the Prime Minister, Chief Ministers, and Union/state cabinet ministers, if they are arrested or detained for 30 days straight on serious charges.

With key Opposition parties announcing a boycott of the committee, the 31-member panel has four members from the Opposition ranks, 15 from the BJP, 11 from NDA constituents, and one nominated member. NCP-SP leader Supriya Sule, Akali Dal's Harsimrat Kaur Badal, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, and YSRCP member Niranjan Reddy from the opposition parties have been named as members of the Joint Committee on the Bills – The Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill, 2025; The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2025; and The Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill, 2025, according to a Lok Sabha Secretariat statement.

Several Opposition parties, such as the Congress and Trinamool Congress, have decided not to be part of the committee. The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), who are not part of the opposition INDIA bloc, have also stayed away from the panel. YSRCP, Akali Dal, and AIMIM are not part of the Opposition INDIA bloc.

The Congress slammed the joint committee, alleging that it is a "JPC of the BJP and its B-Team" and a "rubber stamp for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's unconstitutional agenda." Congress whip in the Lok Sabha, Manickam Tagore, said 340-plus MPs of the INDIA bloc are boycotting the "so-called JPC on the Constitution (130th Amendment Bill), J&K Reorganisation Bill, and UTs Amendment Bill."

"This is not a Joint Parliamentary Committee – it's a JPC of BJP and its B-Team," Tagore said in a post on X. "Out of 31 members – 21 are BJP and NDA allies (AGP, AIADMK, TDP, Pawan Party, UPPL); 10 are B-Team parties (BJD, TDP, YSRCP, SAD, NCP, AIMIM, etc.). Again, Jagan proves he is with BJP/RSS," Tagore said, adding that the two nominated members were handpicked by the government. "This JPC is nothing but a rubber stamp for Modi's unconstitutional agenda," Tagore said, and added that the JPC is a mockery when the joint Opposition, representing the majority of Indians, is absent.

The Congress leader also said that 340 MPs have boycotted because the government formed the JPC without consensus or parliamentary ethics. "Even after being voted out, the VoteChori Modi Sarkar continues to misuse institutions, bulldoze Parliament, and now rewrite the Constitution itself. History will remember this as the day BJP tried to formally erase democracy," Tagore alleged.

Almost every NDA constituent party has got representation on the committee. Sudha Murty, nominated member of the Rajya Sabha, is also part of the panel. Besides Sarangi, BJP's Lok Sabha members Ravi Shankar Prasad, Bhartruhari Mahtab, Pradan Baruah, Brijmohan Agrawal, Vishnu Dayal Ram, D K Aruna, Parshottambhai Rupala, and Anurag Thakur are part of the committee. BJP's Rajya Sabha members Brij Lal, Ujjwal Nikam, Nabam Rebia, Neeraj Shekhar, Manan Kumar Mishra, and K Laxman are also part of the panel.

The NDA partners who have found a place on the committee are Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu (TDP), Devesh Chandra Thakur (JD-U), Dhairyasheel Mane (SS), Balashowry Vallabhaneni (JSP), Indra Hang Subba (SKM), Sunil Tatkare (NCP), M Mallesh Babu (JD-S), Joyanta Basumatary (UPPL), Rajesh Verma (LJSP-RV), Birendra Prasad Baishya (AGP), and C V Shanmugam (AIADMK).