Parliament Monsoon Session Day 8 highlights: Anti-paper leak bill passed in Lok Sabha by voice vote

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Protests rocked both Houses on Wednesday, as the Opposition demanded discussions and accountability on the police brutality during the Jantar Mantar protests leading to brief adjournments

Updated - July 29, 2026 05:30 pm IST

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla conducts the proceedings of the House during the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi on Wednesday (July 29, 2026). | Photo Credit: Sansad TV

The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026 was passed by a voice vote in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday (July 29, 2026).

Speaking during a discussion on the bill, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi alleged that Home Minister Amit Shah had authorised police excesses against student protesters and that the RSS had “captured” the education system, triggering a massive uproar in the Lok Sabha. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju objected to Mr. Gandhi’s remarks and asked him to clarify the basis of his allegations. Responding to the debate, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said the Union government has acted swiftly in the NEET paper leak case.

The Rajya Sabha, meanwhile, briefly debated the National Honour (Amendments) Bill, 2026.

Both the Houses saw multiple adjournments after the proceedings commenced.

Both Houses will reconvene on Thursday (July 30, 2026).

Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi’s remarks on Union Home Minister Amit Shah have been expunged from Parliament records.

Both Houses have been adjourned for the day, to convene on Thursday (July 30, 2026) at 11 a.m.

The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026’ has been passed in Lok Sabha through a voice vote.

We have amended certain clauses of the Bill to include many inputs from various stakeholders, Jitendra Singh says.

Mr. Singh said service provider fines in the previous anti-cheating law of 2024 have been hiked from up to ₹1 crore to up to ₹5 crore. Also, imprisonment of three to 10 years for directors and management in the previous law has been increased up to of ₹5 crore (up from earlier ₹1 crore).

The previous penalty of three to five years in jail and a fine of up to ₹10 lakh in the anti-cheating law of 2024 has been escalated to five to 10 years in jail with a fine of up to ₹50 lakh, Mr. Singh added.

Imprisonment from five to 10 years (escalated from three to 10 years) and a fine of ₹5 crore (hiked from ₹1 crore) for in-charge Personnel under the proposed Bill.For organised crime networks, a minimum of seven years in jail (up from five years) and a fine of up to ₹10 crore (up from ₹1 crore) has been proposed in the new Bill, Mr. Singh said.

NEP 2020 has given freedom to students, Jitendra Singh says in Lok Sabha.

We have entry and exit options for different courses, and he can turn to literature or mathematics or any subject he wants to pursue. The old system turned students into prisoners, but we have liberated them with the NEP, Mr. Singh says.

Speaking in the Lok Sabha, Jitendra Singh slams Priyanka Gandhi, says she misquoted data in Lok Sabha.

Ms. Gandhi used wrong data to make a point in the Parliament, Mr. Singh said.

“This government has come up with some great initiatives for education,” Mr. Singh added.

​Rahul Gandhi​ blamed Union Home Minister Amit Shah for the use of police force against student protesters in Delhi and said that the RSS had “captured” the education system, triggering a massive uproar in the Lok Sabha during a debate on the Bill to amend the anti-paper leaks law.

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Union Minister of State Jitendra Singh speaks in the House as Opposition MPs chant slogans calling for ‘justice’

M. Thambidurai, the AIADMK MP from Tamil Nadu, says his party supports ‘The Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026’, but expresses his disappointment that ‘Tamil Thai Vazhthu’ is being relegated to the third in priority by the current State government.

‘We are requesting that Tamil Thai Vazhthu be given first priority in Tamil Nadu,’ he says.

Opposition members stage walkout amid discussion over bill to make insult to ‘Vande Mataram’ criminal offence.

Lok Sabha proceedings adjourned till 3 p.m.

Opposition demands Home Minister Amit Shah’s presence in Rajya Sabha. MP Tiruchi Siva says the discussion cannot happen without Mr. Shah’s presence.