Live: Govt buckled after Rahul Gandhi's sit-in protest outside PM's residence

Live blogParliament Monsoon Session Live Updates: The anti-paper leak Bill, passed by the Lok Sabha on Wednesday after a marathon nine-hour debate, was taken up for debate in the Rajya Sabha at 2 pm. The Bill will be put to a vote in the Upper House after the debate. Follow this space for live upates....Read MoreCongress chief Mallikarjun Kharge addresses Rajya Sabha Jul 30, 2026 14:38 ISTParliament Session Live: Govt buckled after Rahul Gandhi’s sit-in protest outside PM’s residenceMallikarjun Kharge said the government was “scared” after Rahul Gandhi staged a sit-in protest outside Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence, claiming that the protest forced the government to act on the Opposition’s demand for Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation.Jul 30, 2026 14:36 ISTParliament session: Govt rushed anti-paper leak bill to quell student protests, says KhargeMallikarjun Kharge said the Opposition welcomed the amendment Bill but maintained that it remained incomplete as it did not spell out how paper leaks would be prevented. He alleged that the government had only changed the figures related to penalties without explaining its strategy to tackle leaks. Kharge also accused the government of rushing through the legislation to defuse student protests, similar to what he alleged happened in 2024 when the original Bill was introduced ahead of the polls. Jul 30, 2026 14:32 ISTMonsoon session live: Kharge says changes to anti-paper leak Bill will make no differenceLeader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge said the changes made to the 2024 anti-paper leak bill were largely limited to figures, such as the quantum of punishment and fines. He said these changes would not make any difference.Jul 30, 2026 14:18 ISTMonsoon session live: Jitendra Singh questions decades-long delay in law against exam paper leaksWhile tabling the anti-paper leak Bill, Union Minister Jitendra Singh claimed that the Opposition was protesting against it because it affected their “vested interests”. Singh also questioned why there had been no comprehensive law to tackle paper leaks in public examinations for several decades until the Narendra Modi government introduced the original legislation in 2024.Jul 30, 2026 14:09 ISTParliament session: Union Minister Jitendra Singh cites UPA-era, post-2014 leaksUnion Minister Jitendra Singh tables the anti-paper leak Bill in the Upper House, listing paper leaks that occurred during the UPA era as well as in Opposition-ruled states after 2014.Jul 30, 2026 12:24 ISTParliament session: Samajwadi Party MPs carry donation boxes to Parliament over Ram Temple donation rowSamajwadi Party MPs carried donation boxes to Makar Dwar in Parliament to protest and raise the issue of alleged irregularities in donations to the Ram Temple. Jul 30, 2026 12:02 ISTMonsoon session live: Opposition MPs walk out of Rajya Sabha over July 20 police actionOpposition MPs staged a walkout from the Rajya Sabha after seeking a response from Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the Delhi Police action on July 20. Jul 30, 2026 11:56 ISTParliament session: Opposition is issue-less, keeps changing goalposts, says JP Nadda in Rajya SabhaOn the floor of the Rajya Sabha, Union Health Minister JP Nadda accused the Opposition of being “issue-less” and attempting to divert attention by repeatedly “changing the goalposts”. He said the government was ready to discuss every issue and claimed that the Opposition had been “defeated” whenever such discussions were held. He also said it was prepared to debate the paper leak bill, which is being introduced in the Upper House today, and accused the Opposition of behaving irresponsibly.Jul 30, 2026 11:22 ISTMonsoon session live: NDA MPs protest at Makar Dwar over alleged Punjab paper leakNDA MPs staged a protest at Makar Dwar in Parliament over the alleged paper leak in Punjab. They raised slogans against former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, demanding that the AAP respond to the allegations. The protesters also raised slogans calling on Kejriwal to break his silence on the issue. Jul 30, 2026 10:29 ISTMonsoon session live: Public Examinations Amendment Bill 2026 to be tabled in Rajya Sabha todayThe Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, will be tabled in the Rajya Sabha today, with discussion on the legislation likely to begin around 2 pm.Jul 30, 2026 10:27 ISTMonsoon session live: Manish Tewari moves adjournment motion on ‘mass political defections’Congress MP Manish Tewari has submitted an Adjournment Motion Notice in the Lok Sabha seeking a discussion on strengthening the anti-defection framework. The proposed discussion will focus on preventing mass defections driven by political opportunism while ensuring that lawmakers retain the space to express genuine ideological or policy differences and dissent within and outside Parliament and state legislatures.