Home Minister Amit Shah speaks within the Lok Sabha amid protest by Opposition members on August 20, 2025. Photo: Sansad TV by way of PTI

The Congress has reached out to constituents of the Indian National Developmental, Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc to take a remaining name on whether or not or to not be a part of the joint committee that may evaluate the three Bills on the elimination of the Prime Minister, Chief Ministers, and Ministers arrested on critical legal expenses for 30 days.

Sources on Sunday (October 12, 2025) informed The Hindu that the federal government had reached out to the principal Opposition occasion to call its members to the joint committee of Parliament.

The Lok Sabha had handed a decision to refer the Bills to the joint committee quickly after Union Home Minister Amit Shah had launched the Bills within the Lower House on August 20, 2025.

The three Bills, launched by the Home Minister, are 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.

However, the INDIA bloc is split on the difficulty. While the Trinamool Congress, the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Shiv Sena (UBT) have declared their intent to avoid such a panel, the Left events and the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Chandra Pawar) are eager to hitch.

The DMK too had publicly said that they might go along with the bulk choice inside the bloc.

Those who advocate holding away from such a parliamentary panel argue that six main Opposition events had boycotted the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Bofors case in 1987.

Those who favour becoming a member of the committee say it will assist document the Opposition’s level by level objections to the Bills.

“We are talking to our allies to take a united place as we don’t need Opposition unity to be divided over this difficulty,” a senior Congress chief mentioned.

Published – October 13, 2025 12:24 am IST