Parliament monsoon session highlights: Parliament clears key anti-paper leak bill amid Opposition uproar

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Parliament monsoon session LIVE: BJP MP Raghav Chadha said the problem of examination paper leaks cannot be solved through media soundbites, but requires strong institutional reforms. (PTI)

Parliament monsoon session highlights: Parliament on Thursday passed the anti-paper leak Bill and legislation making any insult to the national song Vande Mataram a punishable offence. The Rajya Sabha approved both Bills after a brief debate amid uproar by Opposition members, completing the parliamentary process for the two legislations. This blog has now ended....Read More

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• 30 Jul 2026, 09:41:47 PM IST

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• 30 Jul 2026, 09:41:34 PM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Parliament clears anti-paper leak bill

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Parliament on Thursday passed the anti-paper leak Bill and legislation making any insult to the national song Vande Mataram a punishable offence.

• 30 Jul 2026, 07:58:50 PM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: 'Paper leaks can't be cured with media bytes', Raghav Chadha backs anti-paper leak Bill

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: BJP MP Raghav Chadha said the problem of examination paper leaks cannot be solved through media soundbites, but requires strong institutional reforms. "Jaise cancer ka ilaaj Crocin khila ke nahi ho sakta (Just as cancer cannot be treated with a Crocin tablet), usi hisaab se paper leak jaisi problem ka ilaaj media sound bite se nahi balki institutional solutions se hoga (similarly, the problem of paper leaks cannot be solved through media soundbites but through institutional solutions)," he said. Chadha added that the government was bringing those "institutional solutions" through the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill.

• 30 Jul 2026, 06:50:09 PM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Manoj Jha calls for NTA to be scrapped, says 'cosmetic reforms won't work'

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: "Cosmetic reforms won't work. Dismantle the source of the disease. NTA should be thrown into the Bay of Bengal," RJD MP Manoj Jha said in the Rajya Sabha.

• 30 Jul 2026, 06:02:02 PM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Don't politicise Vande Mataram, says Congress MP Deepender Hooda

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: "Vande Mataram is part of our nation's heritage... My late grandfather, Chaudhary Ranbir Singh, was himself held guilty by the British for singing Vande Mataram. As a result, he spent several years imprisoned in British jails, enduring rigorous incarceration. There is no doubt that this song is a symbol of patriotism... However, it is not a symbol of any political party... I had also demanded that a statue of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee be installed in Parliament... But this issue should not be politicised," Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda said after the Lok Sabha passed the Vande Mataram Bill.

• 30 Jul 2026, 05:58:35 PM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: 'Vande Mataram' worships Gods, violates Constitution, says Owaisi after Bill passed

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: "‘Vande Mataram’ involves worship of Gods and Goddesses, it violates Articles 25, 26, and 29 of the Constitution," AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said after the Lok Sabha passed the Vande Mataram Bill.

• 30 Jul 2026, 05:51:16 PM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Parliament passes Bill making insult to Vande Mataram a punishable offence

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Parliament on Thursday passed a Bill making any insult to the national song Vande Mataram a punishable offence, with the Lok Sabha clearing the legislation after a brief debate amid din.

• 30 Jul 2026, 05:01:10 PM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Union Cabinet to meet in Parliament on Friday

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: A meeting of the Union Cabinet will be held on Friday, July 31, at 1 pm in Parliament, reported news agency ANI.

• 30 Jul 2026, 04:45:48 PM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Giriraj Singh says Vande Mataram 'must be respected'

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Union Minister Giriraj Singh welcomed the passage of the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026 in the Rajya Sabha, saying while peaceful protest is a democratic right, opposition to Vande Mataram was unacceptable.

  "Protesting is everyone's right but protesting against Vande Mataram... which is an integral part of Indian independence... This should be lauded as much as possible," Singh told ANI.

• 30 Jul 2026, 04:23:01 PM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: JPC chair Aparajita Sarangi arrives for committee meeting

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: BJP MP and Chairperson of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), Aparajita Sarangi, arrived at Parliament on Thursday for the committee's meeting, reported ANI. Further details on the agenda and discussions are awaited.

• 30 Jul 2026, 04:04:09 PM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Lok Sabha passes Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026.

  The legislation further amends the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971, after having earlier been cleared by the Rajya Sabha.

• 30 Jul 2026, 03:59:47 PM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: ‘Stop listening to Mann ki baat, listen to Janta ki baat’, says Sagarika Ghose

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: TMC MP Sagarika Ghose on Thursday criticised the Centre over the examination irregularities issue, saying that a cancelled examination was "not only an administrative failure but a personal betrayal" for lakhs of students. Targeting the government, the Trinamool Congress MP also took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying, "All PM does is his Mann Ki Baat," while accusing the Centre of failing to address the concerns of students affected by paper leaks.

• 30 Jul 2026, 03:52:02 PM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Lok Sabha passes Bill to prevent insult to national song 'Vande Mataram'

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Amid noisy scenes and a brief debate, the Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which seeks to prevent insults to the national song 'Vande Mataram'. Minister of state for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai had moved the Bill for consideration and passage.

• 30 Jul 2026, 03:48:04 PM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026 moved in Lok Sabha

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: The Lok Sabha on Thursday took up the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026 for consideration and passage. Minister of state for home affairs Nityanand Rai moved the Bill in the House after it was passed by the Rajya Sabha. The legislation seeks to further amend the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971.

• 30 Jul 2026, 03:39:16 PM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Kharge lists four key demands in Rajya Sabha

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: During the debate on the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge placed four key demands before the Centre:

  1. A fixed annual examination calendar.

  2. A Supreme Court-monitored probe into paper leak cases

  3. Time-bound filling of vacancies in government departments and public institutions.

  4. A high court-monitored inquiry into the alleged police action against students during protests over paper leaks.

• 30 Jul 2026, 03:24:05 PM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Rajya Sabha chair orders Kharge's book mention expunged from record

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: A brief exchange took place in the Rajya Sabha after Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge questioned the curriculum and referred to passages from certain textbooks during the debate.

  Union minister JP Nadda objected, urging Kharge not to quote material that had not been authenticated.

  Intervening in the matter, Rajya Sabha chairman CP Radhakrishnan said, "Nothing quoted from the book will go on record."

• 30 Jul 2026, 03:14:52 PM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Kharge's speech, interrupted by sloganeering

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Leader of Opposition is Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge's speech was interrupted by sloganeering in the Upper House.

• 30 Jul 2026, 03:13:21 PM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: ‘Government is snatching away the right to education,’ Kharge

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge accused the Centre of undermining students' rights. "The UPA government gave the right to education to every individual. These people (the government) are snatching that away," Kharge said.

• 30 Jul 2026, 03:03:30 PM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Kharge attacks anti-paper leak Bill in Rajya Sabha speech

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge criticised the antipaper leak bill, saying it failed to address the real issues behind recurring paper leaks.

  "Due to paper leak, how many innocent people were harmed and how many people were beaten, how many parents are troubled, how many women and children are troubled," Kharge said during the debate in the Rajya Sabha.

  "You have just changed the figures in the Public Examination Amendment Bill 2026 which has come here for discussion. In this bill, only the figures kept changing. Nothing is going to happen with that," he added.

• 30 Jul 2026, 02:55:12 PM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: 'If NTA remains the same, we'll be back discussing paper leaks within years'

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge questioned whether the government's reforms would bring any real change to the examination system.

  "The minister is gone, but you are still not making any effort to bring reforms," Kharge said.

  "I do not believe that the education system changes just because one minister resigns," he added.

  Talking about the National Testing Agency (NTA), Kharge said, "If the NTA remains the same, then after a few days we will once again be discussing the same issue in this House."

• 30 Jul 2026, 02:51:24 PM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: ‘If you cant answer questions in the House, tender resignation’

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge questioned who authorised the use of force against student protesters in Delhi, Bihar and West Bengal.

  Kharge said, “If the home minister (Amit Shah) can't answer these questions in the House, then he should tender his resignation.”

  Referring to an incident in Bihar, Kharge added that the student allegedly targeted with an AK-47 "was not a terrorist," as he criticised the government's handling of the protests.

• 30 Jul 2026, 02:42:45 PM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: 'You cannot hide behind closed doors, we'll bring you before the people'

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge sharpened his attack, "You may be listening from behind closed doors, but you cannot hide. We will drag you out and bring you before the people," Kharge said.

• 30 Jul 2026, 02:36:29 PM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Kharge says, ‘changed figures, not intentions’

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: LoP is Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge questioned the effectiveness of the proposed legislation, saying, "This Bill does not contain robust provisions to effectively prevent paper leaks. You have brought it only to cool down the public outrage over the issue."

  He added that the givt has only “changed figures, but not intentions.”

• 30 Jul 2026, 02:33:43 PM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Kharge says anti-paper leak Bill comes 'two years too late'

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday criticised the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, saying the government had ignored the Opposition's demand for a stronger law in 2024.

  "This is nothing new. We had demanded a strong law against paper leaks in 2024, but you did not accept our demand then. If you are taking this step now after two years, why didn't you do it two years ago? Because you wanted to play politics. The 2024 Lok Sabha elections were approaching. Meanwhile, Rahul Gandhi has consistently been raising this issue among the youth through the Bharat Jodo Yatra," Kharge said.

• 30 Jul 2026, 02:27:19 PM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Kharge begins speech as Rajya Sabha debates anti-paper leak Bill

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, has begun his address as the Upper House continues its discussion on the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, also known as the anti-paper leak Bill. The legislation was passed by the Lok Sabha on Wednesday and is now being debated in the Rajya Sabha.

• 30 Jul 2026, 02:24:46 PM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: PM Modi chairs high-level meet with top ministers in Parliament

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: A high-level meeting is underway in Parliament, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in attendance. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Ministers Piyush Goyal, Nirmala Sitharaman, Jagat Prakash Nadda, Rajnath Singh, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Hardeep Singh Puri and Sarbananda Sonowal are also present, reported news agency ANI. Ajit Doval is attending the meeting as well.

• 30 Jul 2026, 02:10:23 PM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Lok Sabha adjourned till 3 pm amid Opposition protest

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: The Lok Sabha was adjourned till 3 pm on Thursday after repeated disruptions.

• 30 Jul 2026, 02:06:04 PM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Rajya Sabha takes up anti-paper leak Bill

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: The Rajya Sabha has begun discussions on the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, a day after it was passed by the Lok Sabha. Union Minister of State Jitendra Singh moved the Bill for consideration and passage in the Upper House.

• 30 Jul 2026, 02:03:04 PM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Punjab Congress targets AAP over alleged paper leaks

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Punjab Congress president and MP Amrinder Singh Raja Warring accused the AAP government in Punjab of failing to prevent examination paper leaks, saying it owed answers to affected candidates.

  “The concern haunting both Bhagwant Mann and Arvind Kejriwal is that the wave which originated at Jantar Mantar in Delhi is now spreading towards Punjab; they fear this fire might reach there," Warring told ANI.

  “The youth and citizens across the country are united in the view that governments must put systems in place to prevent paper leaks. Under Bhagwant Mann's government, six papers have been leaked, affecting 4.5 to 5 lakh candidates; Bhagwant Mann needs to answer for this, apologize, and take immediate action against his Ministers,” he added.

• 30 Jul 2026, 01:43:11 PM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Oppn to raise Ram Mandir donation theft row in Rajya Sabha tomorrow

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: The Opposition is set to raise the alleged theft and misappropriation of donations at the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya in the Rajya Sabha on Friday, continuing its attack on the government over the issue.

  The matter is expected to be taken up a day after Opposition MPs protested at Makar Dwar, demanding a high-level probe into the alleged financial irregularities linked to temple donations.

• 30 Jul 2026, 01:35:39 PM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: ‘Rahul Gandhi has the right to speak,’ says Congress' Manickam Tagore

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Congress MP Manickam Tagore accused the BJP of disrupting Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi's speech in Parliament, calling it an attack on parliamentary democracy.

  “Leader of Opposition has the right to speak in the Parliament… Yesterday, we all saw how Rahul Gandhiji was not allowed to complete his speech. This never happens. This is an attack on the Parliamentary democracy itself,” Tagore said, reported ANI.

  “We feel that the Leader of the Opposition has the right to say whatever he wants, and then the government can reply. This is democracy, but when Rahul Gandhiji stands up to speak, all the Ministers and those MPs from the BJP start disturbing his speeches, not allowing him to speak… This will be very dangerous for India's parliamentary democracy itself,” he added.

• 30 Jul 2026, 01:24:47 PM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: ‘Rahul Gandhi should apologise,’ says BJP's Pratap Sarangi

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: BJP MP Pratap Sarangi criticised Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi over his remarks on the alleged police action against student protesters, saying the Congress leader had made a "false accusation" against Union home minister Amit Shah.

  "The suffering of these children causes pain to all of us. However, making such an irresponsible statement—claiming it happened on the Home Minister's orders—is truly condemnable; would he lose his stature if he apologized?" Sarangi said, reported ANI.

  "As a responsible citizen, he ought to apologize because he has done something wrong—he leveled a false accusation—yet he refuses to apologize," he added.

• 30 Jul 2026, 01:12:46 PM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Congress renews demand for Amit Shah's statement

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Congress MP Pramod Tiwari on Thursday renewed the Opposition's demand for Union home minister Amit Shah to address Parliament over the alleged police action against student protesters, saying only he could answer questions on the incident.

  "I want to know—Amit Shah comes to the Parliament complex but won't enter the House itself; so, who will provide the answers? Jitendra Singh cannot answer for the lathi charge, the disrespect shown to women, or the firing of AK-47s; only Amit Shah can answer that. We are calling upon him to do so, but he does not wish to come to the House... That is the issue we raised, and we staged a walkout until 2 PM," Tiwari said.

• 30 Jul 2026, 01:06:40 PM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: TMC targets BJP over teacher protest in West Bengal

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar hit back at the BJP over its criticism of the alleged police action against student protesters, referring to protests by teachers in West Bengal.

  "Even I saw on social media that lathi charge was done on teachers when they were protesting in West Bengal. Mamata Banerjee should give an answer to this as she was the then Chief Minister," she told ANI.

• 30 Jul 2026, 01:03:12 PM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 pm

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: The Rajya Sabha has been adjourned and will reconvene at 2 pm on Thursday. The House is scheduled to take up the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, among other listed business, when it meets again.

• 30 Jul 2026, 12:50:39 PM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Rahul Gandhi alleges Amit Shah ‘guilty’, calls on home minister to appear in Parliament

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi continued to target home minister Amit Shah on Thursday, questioning the BJP leader's absence from the monsoon session.

  “Why is Amit Shah so scared of coming to the Parliament and explaining the brutal violence against students? It reeks of guilt,” Gandhi wrote on X.

  In a press conference on Wednesday evening, the Congress MP sought answers from Shah and the BJP-led government, while calling on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to sack the union home minister over the security crackdown on protestors during the CJP's ‘Chalo Sansad’ march on July 20.

• 30 Jul 2026, 12:42:14 PM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Congress MP calls on govt, Amit Shah to respond to claims on pellet guns used against protestors

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Congress MP Ujjwal Raman Singh on Thursday defended Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi's remarks on the alleged use of pellet guns during the July 20 student protest, saying that the BJP and the government have an opportunity to respond to the allegations instead of evading the issue.

  “If one has to apologise in this country for speaking the truth, then a very strange situation will arise. If allegations are being made, there is an opportunity to respond, yet the BJP and those in the current government are trying to evade the issue. This is condemnable," Singh told news agency ANI during the monsoon session of the parliament.

• 30 Jul 2026, 12:20:38 PM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: CJP slams anti-paper leak bill, calls for focused reforms for NTA

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: In a video message posted on X, CJP’s national spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka said the anti-paper leak amendment bill places too much focus on punishment after leaks happen instead of improving the examination process to stop such cases in the first place.

  “You have been talking about everything after the paper leak, whether it is fast-track courts, harsher punishments or penalties. But you have not talked about what you are doing to stop paper leaks,” he said.

  Instead, he called for the Centre to focus on reforms within the National Testing Agency (NTA), greater transparency in the examination schedule, calendar and syllabus, better monitoring of vendors, preventing blacklisted vendors from returning to the system, and carrying out physical and digital audits to prevent paper leaks.

  The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, was passed in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday through a voice vote amid heavy sloganeering from the opposition.

• 30 Jul 2026, 11:51:04 AM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Priyanka Gandhi, Kalyan Banerjee share light-hearted exchange

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Amid protests outside Makar Dwar, suspended TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were seen sharing a light-hearted exchange over political defections.

  As Banerjee protested over the alleged merger of TMC MPs with the NCPI, Priyanka Gandhi quipped, "You took them from Congress to TMC." Banerjee responded that Mamata Banerjee had been thrown out of the Congress in 1997.

  Priyanka then remarked, "Rajiv Gandhi always promoted Mamta Banerjee," a point with which Kalyan Banerjee agreed.

• 30 Jul 2026, 11:37:28 AM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Gadkari hits back, says Opposition 'without any real issue'

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Responding to Congress MP Pramod Tiwari's demand that Union home minister Amit Shah address Parliament over the alleged police action against student protesters, Union minister Nitin Gadkari accused the Opposition of acting irresponsibly.

  "The Opposition is without any real issue. The government, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership, is ready to discuss every issue. The Opposition is behaving irresponsibly," Gadkari said in Rajya Sabha.

• 30 Jul 2026, 11:29:28 AM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Congress demands Amit Shah's presence in House

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Congress MP Pramod Tiwari on Thursday reiterated the Opposition's demand for Union home minister Amit Shah to address Parliament over the alleged police action against student protesters.

  "We are asking the Home Minister to come to the House. We are not asking him to come to our home. It is his duty to be in the House, so he should be there… When lathis are used and bullets are fired, only the home minister can answer for it," Tiwari said in Rajya Sabha

• 30 Jul 2026, 11:28:43 AM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Rahul Gandhi shares video of alleged CJP protest crackdown

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Thursday shared a purported video of the alleged police crackdown during the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest at Jantar Mantar, reiterating his demand for accountability.

  "Students deserve justice," Gandhi wrote, calling for "an independent Supreme Court-monitored high-powered committee" to investigate the alleged police excesses against student protesters.

• 30 Jul 2026, 11:24:33 AM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Rajya Sabha continues amid slogannering

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Rajya Sabha continued with its list of business on Thursday morning amid continued Opposition sloganeering.

• 30 Jul 2026, 11:22:06 AM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Union minister says Rahul Gandhi's remarks stem from 'frustration'

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Thursday launched a fresh attack on Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, saying his recent remarks reflected "frustration" over electoral setbacks and the Congress' declining public support.

  "Rahul Gandhi's frustration is due to election losses and declining party acceptance. His baseless, irrelevant remarks are neither in the nation's nor his party's interest," Shekhawat said.

• 30 Jul 2026, 11:14:37 AM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Kangana Ranaut says Rahul Gandhi 'will have to apologise'

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: BJP MP Kangana Ranaut on Thursday said Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi must apologise for his remarks, accusing him of making serious allegations without evidence.

  "He will have to apologise. You cannot spread lies, cannot make such serious allegations, so he will have to apologise," Ranaut told reporters when asked about Gandhi's refusal to apologise.

• 30 Jul 2026, 11:11:50 AM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: SP MPs protest over Ram Mandir donation embezzlement case

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Samajwadi Party MPs staged a protest in Parliament on Thursday over the alleged embezzlement of donations meant for the Ram Mandir. The protest comes as the party demands accountability and a thorough investigation into the alleged irregularities surrounding the temple donation funds.

• 30 Jul 2026, 11:06:38 AM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Lok Sabha adjourned till 2 pm

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Proceedings of the Lok Sabha were adjourned on Thursday and will resume at 2 pm, amid continued protests and heated exchanges between the Treasury and Opposition benches during the Monsoon Session.

• 30 Jul 2026, 10:50:54 AM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: BJP accuses Rahul Gandhi of disrupting House over 'false' allegations

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: BJP MP Damodar Agarwal on Thursday accused Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi of repeatedly disrupting Parliament and raising what he called baseless allegations against the government.

  Agarwal said Gandhi had first demanded a debate on NEET, then sought the resignation of former Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, and was now alleging that Union home minister Amit Shah had ordered a shooting. "Since no shooting actually took place, the question of who fired the shot does not even arise," Agarwal said, accusing the Congress leader of trying to turn a "non-issue into an issue" and incite public discontent, reported ANI.

• 30 Jul 2026, 10:48:58 AM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: ‘Yes, he should come,’ says Priyanka Gandhi on Amit Shah attending Parliament

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday said Union Home Minister Amit Shah should attend the House amid the Opposition's demand for answers over the alleged police action against CJP protesters.

  Asked whether Shah should come to Parliament, Priyanka Gandhi replied briefly: “Yes, he should come,” reported news agency ANI.

• 30 Jul 2026, 10:45:21 AM IST

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Congress MPs protest over police action against CJP protesters

  Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Congress MPs, including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, staged a protest at Makar Dwar in Parliament on Thursday against Union home minister Amit Shah over the alleged police action on Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protesters during the July 20 demonstration. The protest comes amid the Opposition's continued attack on the Centre over the crackdown on student-led protests.