THIRUVANANTHAPURA; The proposed Constitutional Amendment Bill that provides legal provisions to remove any chief minister or ministers if they are jailed for 30 days on criminal charges is against the basic principles of Indian laws, and the opposition will strongly protest against this, Congress leader V D Satheesan said here on Wednesday.

Talking to reporters, Satheesan, who is also the Leader of Opposition in the Kerala Assembly, said as per the existing laws, a person is guilty of an offence only when he or she is convicted by a court of law.

“Piloting this bill itself is against natural justice. It is against the principles of law, basic principles of law, because when a person is convicted by a court after a long procedure of trial, then only he/she will be a convicted person; till then there is a feeling that he/she is an innocent person,” Satheesan said.