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New Delhi, August 20 – The Lok Sabha witnessed uproar on Wednesday as the BJP-led NDA government referred three contentious bills to a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC). The bills propose disqualification of the Prime Minister, Chief Ministers, and ministers in states and Union Territories if they remain under arrest for over 30 days on charges carrying a minimum five-year sentence.Opposition MPs objected strongly, arguing that the proposed laws undermine the principle of “innocent until proven guilty” and could be misused to destabilize governments. AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi accused the Centre of “amending the Constitution to topple governments,” while Congress MP…