Parliament Session Highlights: ‘Do not undermine NEET,’ JP Nadda slams Oppn in RS

Parliament Session Highlights: The monsoon session commenced on July 22 and as per the schedule, it will conclude on August 12.

Parliament Session Live Updates: The proceedings of the Lok Sabha are underway during the Monsoon Session of the Parliament, in New Delhi on July 31. (SansadTV)

Parliament Session Live Updates: As the Parliament continues its Monsoon Session on Friday, the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha discuss the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), unemployment, and regulation of airfares....Read More

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• 2 Aug 2024, 07:08:26 PM IST

  Parliament Session Live Updates: Lok Sabha adjourned till 11 am on Monday

  Parliament Session Live Updates: House proceedings of Lok Sabha adjourned till 11 am on Monday.

• 2 Aug 2024, 05:31:43 PM IST

  Parliament Session Live Updates: RJD MP Sanjay Yadav reacts to Supreme Court’s verdict on NEET-UG 2024

  Parliament Session Live Updates: Regarding the Supreme Court's verdict on the NEET-UG 2024 exams, RJD MP Sanjay Yadav stated, “We have consistently argued that Patna is the centre of the paper leak. The government machinery in Bihar is extremely weak... Those in power are essentially the trustees of the paper leak syndicate.”

• 2 Aug 2024, 04:31:04 PM IST

  Parliament Session Live Updates: Rajya Sabha adjourned till 11 am on Monday

  Parliament Session Live Updates: The House proceedings of Rajya Sabha have been adjourned till 11 am on Monday.

• 2 Aug 2024, 04:16:12 PM IST

  Parliament Session Live Updates: Union minister JP Nadda addresses ‘NEET issue’ in Rajya Sabha

  Parliament Session Live Updates: Addressing the ongoing ‘NEET issue’ in Rajya Sabha, Union health minister JP Nadda said, "Previously, medical education was a lucrative business, with one seat being sold for nearly ₹8 crore. Students struggled to take multiple medical exams and spent large sums of money on them. There was also significant corruption during the counselling process for seat allocation.

  Today, thanks to NEET, exams are conducted at numerous centres. There has been a 65 percent increase in the number of students from social categories who secure seats through NEET. The exam is now available in 13 languages, and students from government schools have also benefited. This year, there are 17 perfect scorers in NEET from various states, including Kerala, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and Uttar Pradesh."

• 2 Aug 2024, 03:59:07 PM IST

  Parliament Session Live Updates: ‘NEET issue affects nation’s youth; parliamentarians must collaborate to solve this,’ says CPI (M) John Brittas

  Parliament Session Live Updates: During his speech in the Rajya Sabha, Communist Party of India (Marxist) MP John Brittas addressed the NEET issue, stating, “Parliamentarians need to collaborate on this matter, as it directly impacts the young minds and their future.”

• 2 Aug 2024, 03:44:44 PM IST

  Parliament Session Live Updates: AAP MP Raghav Chadha speaks about ‘NEET issue’ in Rajya Sabha

  Parliament Session Live Updates: During the Monsoon Session, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha in Rajya Sabha addressed the ongoing ‘NEET issue,’ criticising ‘corruption in exams’ that aim to produce doctors. He warned that such corruption could lead to the emergence of ‘Munna Bhai MBBS’-type doctors.

  Chadha referred to the alleged paper leak in the NEET-UG this year and other irregularities in exams conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA).

  Meanwhile, on Friday, August 2, the Supreme Court advised the NTA to avoid the "flip-flops" it made regarding the NEET-UG 2024 exam. The Court emphasized that such inconsistencies do not benefit students. It issued a verdict explaining why the 2024 NEET-UG medical entrance exam was not cancelled despite the controversy over paper leaks and other irregularities.

• 2 Aug 2024, 03:05:43 PM IST

  Parliament Session Live Updates: BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar slams Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi over his statement on ED raid

  Parliament Session Live Updates: In response to Lok Sabha Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi's statement, "I will be waiting for ED with 'open arms' as an ED raid is being planned against me...", BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar said, "Rahul Gandhi and the Congress have perfected this strategy. They create a new narrative whenever they face tough questions or issues they can't answer. Some media, unfortunately or fortunately, go along with it. It is clear that Rahul Gandhi, after his brief appearance in Wayanad where over 300 people have died, has done nothing in recent years. Today, he wants to evade scrutiny and accountability for Wayanad by creating these new narratives. He wants to be the centre of attention and play the victim card. You can fool people sometimes, but not all the time. This is just a clumsy attempt by Rahul Gandhi to shift the news story from Wayanad to an imaginary ED raid on him. The fact is, if you look at any party in the INDI Alliance, whether it's DMK or Congress, they are deeply involved in scams, corruption, and misuse of public money. If the law catches up with them, they can't blame it for their own long-standing corruption and looting."

• 2 Aug 2024, 02:35:17 PM IST

  Parliament Session Live Updates: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Rahul Gandhi's ‘ED raid’ remark

  Parliament Session Live Updates: In response to a post on X by LoP Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi claiming that an "ED raid is being planned," BJP MP Nishikant Dubey stated, “ED raids the corrupt. If they have done corruption then ED will raid, if they have not done corruption then there will be no raid. The reason for this (Rahul Gandhi's post) is that Congress workers in Wayanad, Congress's policies have failed, INDI is the coalition government, today if there was no central government then people's lives would not have been saved...they want to divert attention from the issue of Wayanad.”

• 2 Aug 2024, 01:55:40 PM IST

  Parliament Session Live Updates: Hanuman Beniwal comes in support of Rahul Gandhi

  Parliament Session Live Updates: On LoP Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi's post on X saying "EC raid being planned", Rashtriya Loktantrik Party MP Hanuman Beniwal says, "What he has said is right that ED can raid him anytime. They (BJP) have thoroughly misused ED & CBI. Delhi CM is in jail and Jharkhand CM was in jail. Their only motive is to create fear & defame the leaders. If similar things happen again, INDIA alliance together will face them (BJP) strongly."

• 2 Aug 2024, 01:05:53 PM IST

  Parliament Session Live Updates: TMC urges govt to withdraw GST on health, medical insurance premiums

  Parliament Session Live Updates: Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay on Friday urged the government to withdraw the 18 per cent GST on life and medical insurance premiums.

  His demand comes amid several opposition leaders supporting senior BJP leader and Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari request to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to withdraw the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on the premiums.

  Soon after the Question Hour in the Lok Sabha, Bandyopadhyay raised the issue, saying taxing insurance premium is "anti-people".

• 2 Aug 2024, 12:38:08 PM IST

  Parliament Session Live Updates: Patients saved ₹28,000 cr after buying medicines from Jan Aushadhi Kendras, says Nadda

  Parliament Session Live Updates: Medicines and medical devices sold at affordable prices under the Prime Minister Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana have helped people save more than ₹28,000 crore so far, Union Health Minister J P Nadda said in the Lok Sabha on Friday.

• 2 Aug 2024, 12:22:45 PM IST

  Parliament Session Live Updates: BJP counters Rahul Gandhi's ED remark

  Parliament Session Live Updates: On Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi's statement - "I will be waiting for ED with 'open arms' as an ED raid is being planned against me...", BJP MP Aparajita Sarangi says, " This is laughable...whether it is Rahul Gandhi or any other opposition leader, when they say such things, we all need to understand that this is the question of their relevance and significance...if they have to be on headlines, if they won't say such things, if they won't make noise, nobody will listen to them and their importance will get reduced...so we shouldn't be paying much attention to them"

• 2 Aug 2024, 12:16:57 PM IST

  Parliament Session Live Updates: ‘Conspiracy hatched against Oppn,’ says Sanjay Raut

  Parliament Session Live Updates: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut said, " Not just Rahul Gandhi but all those who are raising their voices against govt to save the democracy, a conspiracy is being hatched against all of them. This conspiracy is being hatched in a foreign land...anything can happen, there could be attack on all of us, there could be attack on Rahul Gandhi. Because, the way, in the last month, we all, under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi, have taken on the govt, they have lost their sleep"

• 2 Aug 2024, 11:52:25 AM IST

  Parliament Session Live Updates: Rahul Gandhi is afraid due to his own deeds, says BJP

  Parliament Session Live Updates: BJP MP Trivendra Singh Rawat said on Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's 'ED raids being planned' statement:

  "There's an idiom - 'chor ki dadhi mein tinka' - the same is the case with Rahul Gandhi. If it is not the case, then why is he worried? It is evident that Rahul Gandhi is afraid due to his own deeds."

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• 2 Aug 2024, 11:50:54 AM IST

  Parliament Session Live Updates: Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Rahul Gandhi's ED raid remark

  Parliament Session Live Updates: Congress MP Manickam Tagore said, "It is well-known that under PM Modi's BJP government, agencies like the CBI, ED, and IT have been heavily misused over the past decade to discredit opposition leaders. The government is pressuring these agencies to take action. We have learned that the government is plotting to raid Rahul Gandhi's residence. However, Rahul Gandhi is not intimidated by such threats and has nothing to hide. After his 'Chakravyuh' speech in Parliament, the government seems intent on targeting him."

• 2 Aug 2024, 11:21:37 AM IST

  Parliament Session Live Updates: Lok Sabha praises shooter Swapnil Kusale for Paris Olympics Bronze

  Parliament Session Live Updates: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla congratulated Swapnil Kusale on waving the Tricolour by winning Bronze Medal in the 50m Rifle 3 Positions Shooting event at Paris Olympics 2024.

• 2 Aug 2024, 11:20:07 AM IST

  Parliament Session Live Updates: JMM comes in support of Rahul Gandhi's ED raid remark

  Parliament Session Live Updates: JMM MP Mahua Maji said on Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's 'ED raids being planned' statement.

  "ED, CBI are being used against leaders who speak against the BJP. We have seen how Hemant Soren was kept in jail without any proof. The high court and Supreme Court said that the ED has no evidence against him. The democracy is in danger."

• 2 Aug 2024, 11:05:17 AM IST

  Parliament Session Live Updates: Houses proceedings begin

  Parliament Session Live Updates: Budget session proceedings begin in Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha

• 2 Aug 2024, 10:45:34 AM IST

  Parliament Session Live Updates: Oppn's ‘reel’ minister attack on Ashwini Vaishnaw

  Parliament Session Live Updates: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi criticised Union Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw in the Lok Sabha on Thursday for his 'reel' remark. She said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'reel minister' got angry because he was asked for accountability.