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Constitution amendment Bill new experiment in neo-fascist politics: Pinarayi
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has slammed the Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill, 2025 calling it a 'new experiment in neo-fascist politics' and a Sangh Parivar stratagem for persecuting non-Bharatiya Janata Party State governments in the country.
The Bill, presented in the Lok Sabha, can only be viewed as a political decision of the BJP government loaded with this intention and a continuation of the politics of persecution using Central investigation agencies practised by it, Mr. Vijayan said on Wednesday.
For some time now, attempts have been on to destabilise State governments using Central investigation agencies. There are also instances of Chief Ministers and Ministers holding constitutional positions being imprisoned. The haste shown in pushing through the Bill arises from the disgruntlement of having failed to ensure their resignation, Mr. Vijayan said.
Mr. Vijayan described the Bill as a new experiment of neo-fascist politics where individuals are imprisoned on trumped-up charges and then disqualified using it as a justification.
The Chief Minister called for a united front against the anti-democratic stance of the Sangh Parivar. The Union government is trying to undermine State governments trying to wrest the constitutional rights of the State governments and establish that the Governor has veto powers over State legislatures.
