The second day of Parliament's Monsoon Session began on a stormy note with the NEET paper leak, lathi-charge on students who protested in Delhi on Monday and the Ayodhya Ram temple donation theft row triggering outrage in both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
When the Lok Sabha took up the first question at 11 am, Opposition members sloganeered on the NEET paper leak and police baton-charge on protesting students.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla assured the members that they would get to raise their issues as per rules. However, when the protesting members did not relent, Birla adjourned the House.
On reassembling, Dilip Saikia, who was in the chair, asked the Opposition members to go back to their seats and take part in the proceedings. However, the appeal failed to evoke a smooth response by the Opposition members, leading to the Chair announcing adjournment of the House for the day.
Rajya Sabha proceedings were also adjourned for the day soon after it resumed for the post-lunch sitting amid the Opposition's protest over police lathi charge on students protesting the NEET examination paper leak.
Earlier, after official papers were laid on the table of the House. Kharge alleged that the protesting students were lathi-charged and police also used tear gas. His remarks sparked sloganeering by Treasury bench members. Reacting to it, the Opposition counter-sloganeered.
Congress MP K C Venugopal on Tuesday submitted an adjournment motion notice in the Lok Sabha seeking suspension of the day's business to discuss the ongoing crisis in the country's examination system, alleged paper leaks in competitive examinations, and police action against protesting students.
In his notice, Venugopal referred to reports of 152 instances of question paper leaks affecting major competitive examinations, including NEET, and alleged that despite the scale of the issue, no meaningful action had been taken against those responsible.
The Congress leader also raised concerns over the police action against students protesting over the examination system and demanded that Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan make a suo motu statement in the House.
Meanwhile, Congress MP Manickam Tagore also moved an adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha seeking a discussion on the alleged use of force by the Delhi Police and Railway Protection Force (RPF) against students protesting near Parliament over repeated paper leaks.
In his notice, Tagore alleged that peaceful protesters demanding accountability over the examination system were subjected to force and also raised concerns over the suspension of internet services around the Parliament area.
In the Rajya Sabha, Congress MP Syed Naseer Hussain submitted a notice under Rule 267 seeking suspension of the day's business to discuss what he termed a "systemic crisis" in India's examination system.
Hussain's notice sought an immediate discussion on the cancellation of NEET-UG 2026 following the alleged paper leak, irregularities in the implementation of CBSE's On-Screen Marking system, recurring failures in recruitment examinations, and the resulting loss of public confidence in the examination process.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday chaired the National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) Parliamentary Party meeting, known as Mangal Milan, ahead of the monsoon session.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said Modi spoke about the country’s achievements over the past few months and briefed MPs on the free trade agreements signed with various countries.
Few minutes after Lok Sabha began proceedings for the day, Speaker Om Birla adjourned the session till 12 pm.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla assured the members that they will get to raise their issues as per rules. However, when the protesting members did not relent, Birla adjourned the House.
Vice President CP Radhakrishnan adjourned the Rajya Sabha amid an uproar after Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge raised the issue of the crackdown on the CJP protest.
Aazad Samaj Party-Kanshi Ram chief and MP Chandra Shekhar Azad on Tuesday staged a protest on the Parliament premises over the alleged paper leak issue and the police action during the Congress-led protest march on Monday, demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
Azad sat on an overnight protest within the Parliament complex, expressing solidarity with students protesting against alleged irregularities in the examination system.
Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi along with some opposition MPs met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday and urged him to allow a discussion in the House on the "brutality unleashed" on students and the government's "complete lack of accountability" for the examination crisis.
Both houses of Parliament were adjourned for the second time amid Opposition uproar over police lathi charge on CJP protesters.
This is the second day of the Monsoon Session, and on both days Question Hour couldn't be completed due to opposition protest.
While on Monday a few questions were taken up, the House was adjourned for one hour on Tuesday when the first question was being taken up for the minister's reply.
AAP MPs in Rajya Sabha, including Sanjay Singh, protested outside Parliament premises against the police crackdown during the CJP protest march.