New Delhi, Aug. 28 -- The Congress seemed to be divided on its decision to join the joint parliamentary committee (JPC) to examine the three bills that bar any minister, chief minister or prime minister from holding the position after getting arrested. While one group cited the Opposition's aggressive stance in the JPC on the Waqf bill to argue that the party must be a part of the JPC, the other group said that it should respect the Opposition unity and not be a part of the process. Congress MP Abhishek Singhvi said, "Though there is no formal decision, yet, my personal view is that it would be understandable if the Congress decides not to join JPC. This is a most ridiculous bill and the JPC is likely to be functioning on majoritarian lines. Major allies have decided to boycott." However, a senior leader said that it would be prudent to join the JPC. He argued that in the JPC on Waqf bill, the Opposition not only played a vital role but also grabbed the media attention. "The issues we raised at the meeting not only got the media attention but the Supreme Court asked the same questions to the government. In many ways, we set the narrative," the Congress leader said. So far, TMC, SP, AAP and Shiv Sena (UBT) have announced not to join JPC. The three bills - the Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill, The Jammu & Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill and The Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill- propose that a sitting minister, chief minister or Prime Minister can lose their position within a month if they are arrested for 30 days over an offence that carries a jail term of five years or more....