New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- Union Minister G Kishan Reddy said on Thursday that new bills allowing the removal of elected representatives arrested on serious criminal charges and held in custody without bail for more than 30 days will be "welcomed by the whole country" as before there was no law to act against corrupt ministers and Chief Ministers.

"The Centre has brought a key bill under which ministers of the central and state governments, the Prime Minister and the Chief Ministers will lose their posts if they are arrested for serious crimes and are in jail for 30 days. Today, it is being tabled in the Rajya Sabha. This bill will be discussed in the JPC. The entire country will welcome it. There is no power to take action in the law till no...