Parliament monsoon session highlights: KC Venugopal moves privilege notice against Union minister Jitendra Singh

Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Parliament updates of the day:

1. Congress moves privilege motion against MoS Jitendra Singh - Senior Congress leader KC Venugopal submitted a privilege motion in the Lok Sabha against Union Minister of State Jitendra Singh, accusing him of misleading Parliament by stating that "no firing took place" during the July 20 'Sansad Chalo' student protest. The Congress argued that pellet firing did occur and sought to have the matter referred to the Committee of Privileges.

2. Congress steps up attack over student protest crackdown - Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi renewed their criticism of the Centre over the alleged police action against student protesters. They accused the government of filing FIRs against students despite earlier assurances that no action would be taken after the protest was withdrawn. Rahul Gandhi reiterated his demand for a Supreme Court-monitored probe.

3. BJP targets Jharkhand government over alleged exam irregularities - BJP MPs from Jharkhand demanded a CBI probe into alleged paper leaks and recruitment examination irregularities in the state. Union Minister Annpurna Devi and BJP MPs Sanjay Seth, Nishikant Dubey and Aditya Sahu accused the JMM-led government of compromising students' futures and alleged a cover-up through a CID inquiry.

4. BJP MPs protest in Parliament premises - BJP MPs from Jharkhand staged a demonstration near the Mahatma Gandhi statue in the Parliament complex, demanding a CBI investigation into the alleged Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) paper leak and recruitment scam.

5. JPC on constitutional amendment gets more time - The Lok Sabha approved an extension for the Joint Parliamentary Committee examining the Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill, 2025. The committee, chaired by BJP MP Aparajita Sarangi, is reviewing a proposal to remove the Prime Minister, Chief Ministers and ministers from office if they remain jailed for 30 consecutive days on serious charges. It will now submit its report during the Winter Session.

6. Opposition stages Ram Temple donation scam skit - Congress, Samajwadi Party and other Opposition MPs held a street-play-style protest near the Makar Dwar in Parliament, with Rahul Gandhi joining Pappu Yadav in a symbolic skit alleging embezzlement of Ram Temple donations. BJP condemned the protest, calling it an insult to Lord Ram, saffron robes and the Sanatan tradition.

Parliament monsoon session LIVE: The Lok Sabha on Friday passed the Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2026 without a debate amid continued disruptions by the Opposition over the police crackdown on students during the July 20 Parliament march. The Bill seeks to make the rules for delayed registration of births and deaths more stringent by requiring births or deaths reported more than two years after the event to be registered only with the approval of a Judicial Magistrate First Class.

Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Both the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha has been adjourned till August 3rd, Monday.

Parliament monsoon session LIVE: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Friday extended support to Anurag Thakur's Privilege Motion against Rahul Gandhi over the latter's alleged unparliamentary remarks, claiming that Gandhi has a history of making baseless and nonsensical statements for a long time.

Speaking to reporters, Dubey alleged that Congress members have lost their senses as the party has been out of power for twelve years, asserting that this privilege motion is the culmination of that mindset.

"...He has a history of making baseless and nonsensical statements, a habit he has exhibited for a long time. However, his current mindset stems from the fact that the Congress party has been out of power for twelve years. Without power, Congress members seem to lose their senses. This privilege motion is the culmination of that mindset. I urge the Lok Sabha Speaker to take action. At least fifteen privilege motions have been pending since Rahul Gandhi became the Leader of the Opposition. I humbly request the Speaker to exercise his authority and act on these matters..."

Dubey's remarks came after Bharatiya Janata Party MP Anurag Singh Thakur moved a notice of breach of privilege and contempt of the House against Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi over the use of unparliamentary remarks during the Lok Sabha proceedings on July 29.

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Lok Sabha-

• House proceedings started at 11 am, but was adjourned within minutes as Opposition raised slogans and created ruckus over use of pellet guns and AK-47s against students protesting over NEET paper leak.
• After the House reconvened at 12 pm, opposition MPs continued raising slogans.
• However, the Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2026 was passed.
• Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju slammed the Opposition for not participating in the discussion. He urged Opposition members to take part in the debate instead of disrupting the proceedings.
• The House was then adjourned till August 3, 2026

Rajya Sabha

• House proceedings continued amid opposition sloganeering over NEET paper leak and Ram Temple donations row.
• The House was then adjourned post noon, till August 3, 2026.

Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday retorted with "Aap BJP ke ho kya" when asked about a press conference being held by family members of Delhi Police personnel who sustained injuries during the clashes linked with the July 20 student protests in New Delhi

Family members of the injured police personnel, including an Assistant Commissioner of Police, a Sub Inspector and others, had this morning held a press conference, recounting their ordeal and appealing for justice.

The wife of a Delhi Police ACP who sustained injuries during the clashes said the incident had been traumatic for her family.

"The moment he returned home late on the night of July 20, injured as he was, was incredibly painful and traumatic for both my two-year-old daughter and me. I am accompanied here by other family members of Delhi Police personnel, and we wish to share our ordeal with you," she said.

The daughter of an injured Delhi Police Sub-Inspector also alleged that her father was attacked by a mob during the protest and said he was later taken to RML Hospital.

She said her father, a former Marine Commando in the Indian Navy, was "pulled by a rowdy mob and was almost lynched near the stage at Jantar Mantar" and remained unconscious at the hospital for around four hours.

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Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Congress MP Rajeev Shukla took potshots at the BJP and said it is doing everything it can to attack Rahul Gandhi. “BJP members are doing whatever they can to attack Rahul Gandhi in one way or another. None of this will make any difference; Rahul Gandhi remains steadfast. He is fully committed to his efforts and is vigorously raising various issues. He is not going to back down,” Shukla was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

Parliament monsoon session LIVE: BJP MP Sanjay Seth took dig at Congress's Rahul Gandhi saying that he should also stage a protest outside the residence of Jharkhand chief minister as the students there have been protesting for the last five days.

"Thousands of students in Jharkhand have been staging a sit-in protest for the past five days, even amidst heavy rain. Their sole demand is a CBI inquiry... Regarding the manner in which the paper was leaked—for the first time in India, a hotel was booked where answers to the questions were written out. This is the state of affairs in Jharkhand... I want to state clearly that there must be a CBI inquiry. Rahul Gandhi should immediately reach Ranchi... sit outside the Chief Minister's residence, and demand his resignation." Hemant Soren, chief minister of Jharkhand, is from the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha which is any ally of the Congress.

Parliament monsoon session LIVE: The Lok Sabha on Friday passed the Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2026 even as Opposition continued sloganeering over NEET paper leak issue, police action against student protesters and Ram Temple donations row. As the House passed the bill, parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju slammed the Opposition for not participating in the discussion. He urged Opposition members to take part in the debate instead of disrupting the proceedings. The House was then adjourned till August 3, 2026.

Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha have been adjourned till 11 am, August 3, 2026 amid Opposition ruckus over paper leak, police action against student protests and the Ram Temple donation row.

Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Lok Sabha resumed at 12 pm amid opposition sloganeering against the government over Ram Temple donation irregularities and the alleged police brutality against NEET protesters.

Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Opposition MPs stage a protest over the issue of alleged Ayodhya Ram Mandir donations embezzlement

Parliament monsoon session LIVE: A saffron-clad Independent MP Pappu Yadav along with other Opposition MPs enacted "theft" of donations at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya in Parliament complex on Friday.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi were part of the protest against the theft of donations, as well as police crackdown against student agitators during their July 20 march to Parliament.

The INDIA bloc MPs demanded Home Minister Amit Shah's resignation and questioned his absence from House proceedings.

Protesting in front of Makar Dwar of Parliament, the lawmakers raised such slogans as 'Amit Shah istifa do', 'Amit Shah sadan mein aao' and 'chadhawa chor, gaddi chorh'.

The MPs kept donation boxes in front of the Makar Dwar steps and Independent MP Rajesh Ranjan, known as Pappu Yadav, dressed in saffron, sat with the boxes.

As part of a skit, the MPs, including Rahul Gandhi, put money inside the boxes, as Yadav slipped money into his pockets to symbolise the alleged theft at the Ram Temple.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Samajwadi Party's Awadhesh Prasad and Dharmendra Yadav, and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's Mahua Maji, were among the others who participated in the protest, standing behind a big banner that read: 'Amit Shah Sadan Se Gayab Kyun?'

The INDIA bloc has said it will corner the government on issues of alleged donation theft and the use of "brutal force" against students during their protests over the NEET paper leak.

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Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Rajya Sabha adjourned till 11 am, August 3, 2026 as amid Oppositon uproar over paper leak and Ram Mandir donation row.

Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Rahul Sinha on Friday accused Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi of being "frustrated" and politicising student protests, alleging that the Congress leader was attempting to derive political mileage after failing to achieve public support.

Speaking to ANI, Sinha alleged that the Opposition had failed to play any constructive role on issues concerning students and instead sought to politicise the matter.

"Rahul Gandhi is actually frustrated. The reason is that he is unable to achieve anything. Regarding the student protests he incited, there were attempts to infiltrate the movement with outsiders. All those efforts failed, and these people played no constructive role in the legislation passed in the House; they merely politicised the issue," Sinha said.

"We did not see them take any concrete steps regarding the law the Prime Minister enacted for the students' future. That is why a frustrated Rahul Gandhi is using abusive language against the Home Minister. Such antics are all they have left; we do not expect anything more from them," he added.

Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Opposition MPs on Thursday staged a protest at Makar Dwar in the Parliament complex while demanding a response from Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the July 20 police action against protesting students.

The MPs from various INDIA bloc parties gathered at Makar Dwar around 10:30 am, holding placards asking, "Amit Shah sansad se gayab kyun?"

This comes amid a political row over police action against students during the July 20 'Sansad Chalo' march in Delhi. The students at Jantar Mantar were protesting against the 2026 NEET paper leak on the call of Cockroach Janata Party (CJP).

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Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Opposition leaders in the Rajya Sabha also created ruckus, raising slogans of ‘paper leak ki sarkar’. They also created ruckus and chanted slogans over Ram temple donation row.

Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Lok Sabha was adjourned till 12 pm minutes after the House proceedings began on Friday. The adjournment happened after the Opposition ruckus over pellet guns and AK-47 use against NEET protesters.

Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Parliamentart affairs minister Kiren Rijiju said that any dissent against the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026 was ‘politically motivated’.

“The bill addressing exam paper leaks has been passed with the support of the majority of MPs; while there was no real opposition to the measure itself, any dissent that did occur was politically motivated. Everyone is serious about education, and particularly so regarding the issue of exam paper leaks... We hope everyone cooperates to ensure the smooth functioning of Parliament... Now, the priority is to implement it as soon as possible to safeguard the students' future, and there are several other important bills listed—including one for today. I appeal to the opposition parties: while they are free to raise their issues, it would be beneficial for them—and for everyone else—not to disrupt the passing of bills, Question Hour, or other important parliamentary business,” he said.

Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday accused the Centre of acting out of a sense of vendetta against students by filing FIRs against them and subjecting them to forced detentions, as he asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to get Home Minister Amit Shah to resign.

Kharge said the youth withdrew their agitation on the condition that no action would be taken against them, but now the BJP governments have reneged on their own word.

"Narendra Modi ji, 10 days ago, your government cracked down on the youth using lathis, batons and pellet guns," Kharge said, referring to the crackdown on agitators by security forces during the July 20 'Sansad Chalo' march led by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), and on student demonstrators in other parts of the country protesting against the NEET paper leak issue.

"Now that the students have withdrawn their protest, you are acting out of a sense of vendetta by filing FIRs against them and subjecting them to forced detentions," Kharge alleged in a post on X.

"The youth withdrew their agitation on the condition that no action would be taken against them; now, your governments have reneged on their own word," he said.

Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday accused the Centre of acting out of a sense of vendetta against students by filing FIRs against them and subjecting them to forced detentions, as he asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to get home minister Amit Shah to resign.

In a post on X, he wrote: "Narendra Modi ji, 10 days ago, your government cracked down on the youth using lathis, batons and pellet guns," Kharge said, referring to the crackdown on agitators by security forces during the July 20 'Sansad Chalo' march led by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), and on student demonstrators in other parts of the country protesting against the NEET paper leak issue.

Now that the students have withdrawn their protest, you are acting out of a sense of vendetta by filing FIRs against them and subjecting them to forced detentions."

Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Samajwadi Party MP Awadhesh Prasad on Friday criticised the absence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah from the Lok Sabha during the discussion on the anti-paper leak bill, calling it "unfortunate" that neither leader was present for the debate on the key legislation.

"When the paper leak bill was introduced and debated in Parliament, the Prime Minister should have been present. The home minister should also have attended," Prasad said.

Expressing disappointment over their absence, Prasad said, "It is unfortunate that neither the Prime Minister nor the home minister was present in the House during the discussion on such an important bill."

Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah of threatening Gen Z, and said that the duo is "India's past" and should be careful about how they treat the country's future.

The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha also alleged that Modi and Shah are behind the filing of FIRs against student protesters and taking down their social media accounts.

"PM Modi and Amit Shah – you cannot threaten Gen Z into silence. First you broke their bones. Now you are filing FIRs and taking down their accounts," Gandhi said on X.

"You are India's past. Be careful about how you treat India's future," the former Congress chief said.

The remarks came after Modi on Thursday said it has become necessary to bring comprehensive reforms in the education system, both at the Centre and in the states, to tackle the menace of paper leaks, asserting that there would be no mercy shown to gangs playing with the future of children.

Parliament monsoon session 2026: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said it had become necessary to bring comprehensive reforms to the education system to tackle the menace of paper leaks and asserted that there would be no mercy for those playing with the future of children.

In a late evening video message on Instagram shortly after Parliament passed a bill to amend the anti-paper leak law to introduce stricter punishments, Modi said the it was part of the government's efforts to tackle the menace that has threatened the future of children and posed a challenge for the Centre as well as several states.

This was the third video message posted by Modi on his Instagram handle in the last week.

"The Centre and many states have been facing the paper leak problem for several years," he said, adding that the menace has threatened the future of children appearing in various examinations.

"Therefore, it had become necessary to bring comprehensive changes to the education system to deal with the problem," he added.

The prime minister said the government has been continuously working to establish a robust examination system, which also requires extensive use of technology.