Lok Sabha debates anti-paper leak Bill, Opposition terms it ‘admission of failure’
The Lok Sabha debated the Public Examinations Amendment Bill, with the Opposition criticizing it as a failure to address systemic issues in the education sector. Opposition leaders questioned the government's handling of the NTA and the effectiveness of previous legislation.
Why it matters
The debate highlights ongoing tensions regarding educational integrity and government accountability in managing national testing agencies.
Treasury and Opposition benches sparred in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday (July 28, 2026) as the House took up the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026 , with the Opposition describing it as an “admission of failure”.
Initiating the debate for the Opposition, Congress deputy leader Gaurav Gogoi questioned why the government was amending a law it had hailed as “historic” just two years ago.
“If that law was so effective, why has the government been forced to bring such major amendments within two years?” Mr. Gogoi asked, calling the Bill a “cosmetic exercise” that reflected the failure of the 2024 law enacted after the earlier NEET-UG controversy.
He argued that the latest paper leak had exposed the government’s inability to protect the integrity of public examinations and said harsher punishments alone would not end the menace without structural reforms in the education system.
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