Parliament Monsoon Session Live Updates: The opposition INDIA bloc floor leaders are set to meet at 10 am today at Rajya Sabha Leader of Opposition, Mallikarjun Kharge’s office in Parliament.

The high-level discussion comes ahead of a crucial session in the Parliament on Wednesday, where several Bills are scheduled to be introduced by the Centre.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is slated to introduce three bills in Lok Sabha today – including a Constitution Amendment bill, a bill to amend the Union Territories Act, 1963 and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill 2025.

The three legislations, along with the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, are listed in the revised agenda of Lok Sabha for Wednesday.

The Union Home Minister is slated to introduce the Constitution (One Hundred and Thirtieth Amendment) Bill, 2025, to further amend the Constitution of India and the Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill, 2025, apart from the bill to amend the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019. The three bills are slated to be referred to the Joint Committee of the two Houses.

The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill 2025 seeks to amend section 54 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, to provide a legal framework for the removal of the Chief Minister or a Minister in case of arrest or detention in custody on account of serious criminal charges.

According to the statement on objects and reasons of the bill, elected representatives represent the hopes and aspirations of the people of India.

It said that a Minister, who is facing allegation of serious criminal offences, arrested and detained in custody, may thwart or hinder the canons of constitutional morality and principles of good governance and eventually diminish the constitutional trust reposed by people in him.

Another bill to promote and regulate the online gaming sector, including e-sports, educational games, and social gaming, and to provide for the appointment of an Authority for coordinated policy support, strategic development, and regulatory oversight of the sector, is slated to be introduced in the Lok Sabha today.

The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, is likely to be introduced by Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.

It seeks to prohibit the offering, operation, facilitation, advertisement, promotion and participation in online money games through any computer resource, mobile device or the internet, particularly where such activities operate across State borders or from foreign jurisdiction.

The bill seeks to protect individuals, especially youth and vulnerable populations, from the adverse social, economic, psychological and privacy-related impacts of such games.

It seeks to ensure responsible use of digital technologies and to maintain public order and protect public health.
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‘I see it as a completely draconian thing,’ says Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on bill for removal of the PM, CMs, and ministers held on serious criminal charges

On the bill for the removal of the PM, CMs, and ministers held on serious criminal charges, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said, “I see it as a completely draconian thing, as it goes against everything. To say it as an anti-corruption measure is just to pull a veil across the eyes of the people…Tomorrow, you can put any kind of a case on a CM, have him arrested for 30 days without conviction, and he ceases to be a CM. It is absolutely anti-constitutional, undemocratic and very unfortunate.”

On facing a contest from NDA candidate C P Radhakrishnan, INDIA bloc’s candidate for VP election, B Sudershan Reddy said, “It is not Reddy vs Radhakrishnan. I don’t think that even Mr Radhakrishnan treats it as Reddy vs Radhakrishnan.

At present there are two candidates, we do not know there may be a third candidate tomorrow. We do not know how many candidates will be there since this is not a general election in that sense. The Vice President of India is to be elected by the MPs. Therefore, there is no question of any whip asking political parties that you vote for this man or don’t vote for that man. It is the wisdom and their individual assessment…”