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PM Modi chairs high-level meeting in Parliament as Rajya Sabha begins discussion on Public Examinations Amendment Bill
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New Delhi, July 30: A high-level meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is underway in Parliament as the Rajya Sabha began discussion on the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, amid a political confrontation between the government and the Opposition over the alleged police action against student protesters.
In the Rajya Sabha, Union Minister of State Jitendra Singh moved the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026 for consideration and passing.
The Upper House is also scheduled to take up the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026, with Union Home Minister Amit Shah set to move that the Bill, as passed by the Rajya Sabha, be taken into consideration.
The developments come amid continuing protests by Opposition parties over the alleged police action during the July 20 student protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar.
Earlier, Congress Rajya Sabha MP Syed Naseer Hussain said the Opposition had demanded the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, a statement in Parliament on the alleged police action and an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.