“Make Investigative Agencies Independent, Not Political Tools”: AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill, 2025

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Hyderabad: AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi launched a strong attack on the Union government over the Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill, 2025, raising concerns about constitutional morality, the role of investigative agencies, and the powers of the President of India.

Owaisi said, “We will request the Speaker to include us in the JPC… You should make the investigative agencies independent. Does constitutional morality not come here?”

Criticizing the executive’s control over agencies, he added, “The executive (central govt) appoints the investigating agencies, be it CBI, ED. Until appointments are made independently, questions will persist about how these agencies operate under government direction. Even during the time of the UPA, it was the same…”

He further highlighted contradictions within the proposed bill, stating, “The Constitution (Article) stipulates that the President of India will be guided by the advice of the Council of Ministers. The proposed bill says the President can remove the PM. But how? This bill clashes with that article. Can a President make a PM resign?”

Owaisi also raised questions on political ethics, remarking, “You talk about morality, then why don’t you make a law that anyone who is caught cannot join the party at the Centre…”

On the Bihar Special Initiative for Registration (SIR), he criticized the Election Commission’s role, saying, “The entire exercise is being conducted by the Election Commission of India. ECI is not mandated to check citizenship, but it is the Ministry of Home Affairs…”

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