Monsoon session: Security steps in as protesting rival MPs come face to face
Tensions between the NDA and opposition MPs escalated in Parliament as both sides staged protests and counter-protests. The conflict centered on the NEET-UG paper leak controversy and the government's handling of student protests in Delhi and Jharkhand.
Why it matters
This highlights the deepening political polarization in India's legislative process, which threatens to stall parliamentary proceedings and policy-making.
NEW DELHI: After being at the receiving end of the opposition’s protest for days, NDA MPs went on the offensive Tuesday as they seized on police action against protesting students in Jharkhand to stage a march in Parliament complex targeting Rahul Gandhi, with former Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan calling him a habitual liar who “neither wants to come to Parliament nor listen to answers”.As the governing alliance accused Rahul of “running away” from a discussion after govt agreed to his demand for home minister Amit Shah’s statement on the alleged use of excessive force against students protesting the NEET-UG paper leak in Delhi — which led to Pradhan’s resignation as minister — the senior BJP member said on X that Congress was not just continuously “spreading lies” regarding students’ interests, but crushing the country’s and youth’s interests by obstructing Parliament proceedings.Both sides came face to face near Makar Dwar,…
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