nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/a9d130802ffd8d73 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250822s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/a9d130802ffd8d73 doi eng 342 23 Jain, Anmol Author aut (orcid)0000-0003-4596-3911 Weaponising Disqualification - Another Tool in Modi’s Playbook Jain, Anmol Verfassungsblog 2025-08-22 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On August 20, 2025, the Indian Government introduced three constitutional amendment bills of massive implications in the Parliament. Together, the bills aim to establish a mandatory legal sanction providing that any minister can be removed from their ministerial office if arrested or detained for thirty consecutive days on charges carrying a potential sentence of five years or more. At first glance, the bills may seem laudatory, founded on the expectation of ethical standards for high constitutional office. Yet, one can clearly anticipate the gross impending misuse of this law towards establishing a hegemonic BJP rule in India. CC BY-SA 4.0 Authoritarian Populism Authoritarianism BJP Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/disqualification-bill-bjp-india/ raw object