BJP leader Dharmendra Pradhan, who resigned from the post of union education minister following students' protests over NEET irregularities, was welcomed by some BJP leaders in the Parliament complex on Monday with a traditional cap and stole, shouting slogans like 'Pradhan Zindabad'.
Opposition MPs at the same time shouted slogans like 'Chor Chor, Paper Chor (Paper Thief)' and hit out at the ruling dispensation for felicitating Pradhan.
Prime Minister Modi on Sunday announced the constitution of a high-powered task force headed by Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani to recommend reforms to make the exam system leakproof.
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The government on Monday introduced a Bill in the Lok Sabha to amend the anti-paper leaks law with stricter punishment of up to 10 years in jail and ₹50 lakh fine, within days of large-scale student protests against the NEET fiasco rocking the nation that forced Pradhan to resign as education minister.
The proposed legislation was introduced by Minister of State for PMO Jitendra Singh amid protests and sloganeering by the opposition demanding a response from the government over the police crackdown on students during the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)-led July 20 protest march to Parliament.
According to the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, investigations into paper leak cases are to be completed within two months.
