Parliament LIVE: Paper leak bill to be tabled today; Oppn seeks debate on police ‘brutality’ against protesters | Today’s news
Parliament will resume today after a week of reckoning and the end of a student protest led by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) following Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation as Education Minister. The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha may continue their upheaval on Monday, July 27, as the opposition demands a debate on the “ban on NEET” and “brutal police action against students who protested irregularities in NEET exams”.
Bill on the paper leak
Meanwhile, Union Minister Jitendra Singh will introduce the Public Examinations (Prevention of Malpractice) Amendment Bill, 2024, which will propose stricter laws to deal with paper leakage cases. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had earlier promised to introduce the bill as soon as possible on Monday.
The legislation is expected to be debated for eight to 10 hours, with the NDA’s Bansuri Swaraj and Tejasvi Surya leading the discussion, parliamentary sources told India Today. Other NDA leaders likely to speak include TDP’s Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu, JD(U)’s Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Shiv Sena’s Shrikant Shinde, NCP’s Sunil Tatkare, Apna Dal’s Anupriya Patel and Lok Janshakti Party’s (Ram Vilas) Arun Bharti.
Trinamool Congress MPs Sayoni Ghosh and Mitali Bag are also expected to participate in the debate.
Monday will also mark the first Question Hour for newly appointed Education Minister Pralhad Joshi, who replaced Dharmendra Pradhan after he resigned on July 25 amid mounting pressure.
‘NEET ban’, police ‘brutality’
Congress MP Syed Naseer Hussain and CPI MP P Sandosh Kumar suspended the suspension of business notice in the Rajya Sabha. Hussain demanded “an immediate discussion on the alleged excessive use of force against peaceful protesters in Delhi on July 20, 2026, the reported use of firearms and tear gas, the attack on female students.
Kumar, however, sought “constitution of an independent judicial commission to investigate the brutal police crackdown on students protesting irregularities in the NEET examination and the circumstances leading to the state-wide student agitation, including the total failure of the examination system”.
Congress MP Vijayakumar Alias Vijay Vasanth also announced an adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha “regarding the alleged use of excessive police force against students protesting in Delhi on 20 July 2026”.
Meanwhile, DMK MP TR Baalu is seeking a discussion on “immediate ban on NEET and an inquiry into the indiscriminate use of lethal weapons against agitated students at Jantar Mantar”.
Task Force led by Nandan Nilekani
In another move to address students’ concerns over paper leaks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced the formation of a high-powered task force headed by Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani to recommend reforms to make the exam system leak-proof.
Apart from Nilekani, former ISRO chairman S Somanath, former intelligence director Tapan Deka, IIT Chennai director V Kamakoti, former education minister Anita Karwal and logistics expert Amrit Lal Meena are other members of the task force.
The CJP led a sit-in at Jantar Mantar from June 20, demanding Pradhan’s resignation, accountability for the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak and irregularities in the CBSE on-screen marking process, and broader reforms in the conduct of public examinations. The protest was withdrawn after Pradhan announced his resignation on Saturday 25 July.
