The three bills presented by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Parliament have a provision to remove the Prime Minister, Chief Ministers and Ministers arrested in serious criminal charges for 30 days, which has been strongly opposed by the opposition. Between “rigid” and “misuse” allegations, the bills were sent to a joint parliamentary panel (JPC) on Wednesday. While the ruling side said that the proposed bill offers “a solution for people like Arvind Kejriwal”, opposition parties said it is “against the principles of natural justice”.
Kejriwal, who is the first Chief Minister of India to be arrested, was running the Delhi government from behind bars for at least six months. Senior RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav, whose Chief Minister, had faced many corruption matters and punishment, he did not run the government from jail. But he did not step down from himself, but under the pressure of the situation, he was forced to resign.
There are many examples when ministers refused to leave their posts or leave their departments despite the threat of arrest. And there are many who remain the Chief Minister, Union Minister and Minister of State despite serious criminal allegations and despite not being arrested.
Arvind Kejriwal (Delhi)
The most recent and biggest example of this list is Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal. In March 2024, he became the first current Chief Minister of India, who was arrested and sent to jail. He later got bail. After this, he announced to resign on 15 September 2024, so that he was Delhi assembly elections Can promote for He formally resigned on 17 September 2024. After him, the then education minister Atishi was made the Chief Minister.
Lalu Prasad Yadav (Bihar)
Former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav is also a big name of such. He had to withdraw from the post of Chief Minister after arrest and sentence in the fodder scam. Although he himself was not willing to resign, the circumstances forced him. Before leaving the post, he made his wife Rabri Devi the Chief Minister and remained active in state and party politics while behind the screen.
Narayan Rane (Maharashtra)
When Narayan Rane was a MSME minister in the central government, in 2021 he was arrested for some time in the case of making objectionable remarks against the then Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. However, during this time he did not resign from his ministerial post.
Satyaendra Jain (bloth)
Aam Aadmi Party leader Satyendra Jain was a Minister of Health, Home and Public Works Department (PWD) in the Delhi Government. In 2022, he was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a corruption case related to money laundering and hawala transactions. Despite arrests and legal proceedings, he remained in the cabinet for about 9 months. Finally in February 2023, after the arrest and resignation of Manish Sisodia, he also left the post of minister.
V Senthil Balaji (Tamil Nadu)
Senior DMK leader and former minister V Senthil Balaji was arrested on 14 June 2023 by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on charges of money laundering and corruption. The case was related to the alleged scams made between 2011 and 2015 as Transport Minister. The DMK alleged that the BJP -led central government is implicating opposition leaders with political revenge. After the arrest, his health deteriorated and he had to be hospitalized. On this, his family and supporters said that the arrest was made under inhuman circumstances. His lawyers filed petitions on bail and health in the court several times, which lasted for a long time.
Partha Chatterjee (West Bengal)
Senior Congress (TMC) leader Partha Chatterjee was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in 2022 in the famous cash-for-Jobs (Teacher Recruitment Scam) in West Bengal. He was accused that he had taken an illicit bribe in exchange for teacher appointment in government schools. Even after the arrest, Partha Chatterjee did not immediately resign from his post and the party also defended him in the early stages. But as the pressure increased, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee removed him from the post of minister. Recently, on August 18, the Supreme Court granted him bail.
BJP will not always be in power, bill will also be used against them “