West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has protested against the bill brought by the central government in the Lok Sabha calling it a “Black Bill”. She said that the Narendra Modi government is sounding the death knell of democracy in the name of the 130th Constitutional Amendment Bill.

Taking to X, the Bengal CM wrote, “I condemn the 130^th Constitutional Amendment Bill, proposed to be tabled, by the Government of India today. I condemn it as a step towards something that is more than a super- Emergency, a step to end the democratic era of India for ever. This draconian step comes as a death knell for democracy and federalism in India. To suppress the voting rights of the Indian citizens in the name of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) , this is another super- draconian step by the Centre now.”

Home Minister Amit Shah introduced three important bills in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. The Union Territory Administration (Amendment) Bill 2025, the Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill 2025 and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill 2025. These bills are mainly brought with the aim of amending the Constitution. The bill will ensure that no minister or Prime Minister or Chief Minister involved in serious crimes gets constitutional protection for his post. The proposed bill states that if a person is in jail for more than 30 days for a serious crime while holding the post of Prime Minister, Union Minister or Chief Minister of a state, he will be removed from his post.

“The Bill seeks to empower the Union to intrude upon the mandate of the people, handing sweeping powers to unelected authorities ( ED, CBI- whom Supreme Court has described as ‘ caged parrots’) to interfere in the functioning of elected State governments. It is a step to empower the Prime Minister and the Union Home Minister in a sinister manner at the expense of the basic principles of our Constitution,” feels Mamata Banerjee. She added, “The Bill must be resisted at any cost! Democracy must be saved at this moment! The people will not forgive any attempt to take away their Courts, their rights, and their democracy.”

Opposition protesting against 130^th Constitutional Amendment Bill

Tension has been increasing in national politics over the Constitutional Amendment Bill. The opposition continued to express anger inside and outside the Parliament today. The opposition tore copies of the bill in the Lok Sabha chamber today. Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee also protested alleging the BJP government of trying to end India’s democracy through this bill. The Chief Minister has strongly condemned it as being worse than the Emergency. The Modi government is trying to suppress the voting rights of the citizens of the country in the name of SIR. The Chief Minister claims that this is another very harsh step by the Centre.

On this, Mamata wrote, “This Bill now wants to finish the Independence of our Judiciary. What we are witnessing is unprecedented– the Bill is nothing short of a Hitlerian assault on the very soul of Indian democracy. The Bill seeks to strip the judiciary of its Constitutional role- to take away the power of Courts to adjudicate on matters that lie at the very heart of justice and federal balance. By vesting such powers in partisan hands, the Bill mutilates democracy.

This is not reform, this is regression: Mamata

This is not reform. This is regression- towards a system where the law no longer rests with independent Courts but is placed in the hands of vested interests. It is a chilling attempt to establish a rule where judicial scrutiny is silenced, Constitutional safeguards are dismantled, and the people’s rights are trampled. This is how authoritarian regimes, even fascist ones in history, consolidated power. It reeks of the very mindset that the world once condemned in the darkest chapters of the 20th century.”

The Modi government is trampling on constitutional protections and people’s rights feels the West Bengal CM. The Chief Minister further wrote, “To weaken the Courts is to weaken the people. To deny them the right to seek justice is to deny them democracy itself. The bill strikes at the basic structure of the Constitution- federalism, separation of powers, and judicial review- principles that even Parliament cannot override. If allowed to pass, it will be a death warrant for Constitutional governance in India.”

“We must resist this dangerous overreach. Our Constitution is not the property of those in temporary seats of power. It belongs to the people of India. The intent of the Bill is to consolidate a system of one man- one- party- one Government. The Bill tramples upon the basic structure of the Constitution,” she added.

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