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Informist, Monday, Jul. 27, 2026

 

NEW DELHI – The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) (Amendment) Bill, 2026, could not be taken up for discussion in the Lok Sabha Monday as the House saw repeated adjournments amid pandemonium by Opposition members.

 

As the House reconvened at 1700 IST after a three-hour adjournment, the Opposition raised the issue of continued arrests and coercive action against youths who took part in protests against the pre-medical exam paper leak in Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states. "The government is going back on its promise, sir," some Opposition MPs shouted, addressing the chair.

 

The government had promised the protesters Saturday that it would not take any legal action against those involved in the paper leak protests, in Delhi as well as in other BJP-ruled states, and that those detained would be released.

 

However, as reports of arrests and detention of students and other protesters by police, particularly in Assam, West Bengal, and Bihar, emerged, the social media handle Cockroach Janta Party asked the government to keep its word. The promise was made at a joint press conference addressed by Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda and the social media group's representatives in New Delhi Saturday as part of the deal to withdraw the protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar which had drawn participation by tens of thousands since Jul. 20.

 

The opposition members of Parliament also demanded accountability from the government for the use of disproportionate force, including pellet guns, against protesters. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju as well as Krishna Prasad Tenneti, who was presiding over the House, asked the Opposition to discuss the "long-awaited" Bill. But as the opposition members continued to raise slogans, Tenneti adjourned the House for the day.

 

The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) (Amendment) Bill seeks to introduce mandatory two-month investigation deadlines, day-to-day trial by special fast-track courts to be completed in three months, and steeper financial penalties of up to INR 100 million and jail terms of up to 10 years. The Bill seeks to amend the 2024 legislation brought to handle exam paper leaks.  End

 

Reported by Asim Khan

Edited by Rajeev Pai

 

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