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The government's answer to the protests now has numbers attached. Up to 10 years in jail, fines up to Rs 10 crore, and fast-track courts required to finish trials in three months.
PM Modi went directly to students with a video message: a new anti-paper-leak bill in Parliament next week, fast-track courts already running. Protesters weren't moved — they still want the minister out.
Day one of the Monsoon Session, and both Houses barely functioned. Opposition MPs stormed the well over the NEET paper leak and temple donation theft, forcing multiple adjournments.
The JPC reviewing simultaneous elections is targeting the monsoon session for its report. Opposition dissent and legal hurdles could still push things back.
AAP has removed Raghav Chadha as Deputy Leader in the Rajya Sabha, replacing him with MP Ashok Mittal, and has formally blocked him from the party's speaking quota in the House. Senior leaders, including Bhagwant Mann, have accused Chadha of prioritising "soft PR" over core political work. Chadha has denied the allegations, calling the move politically motivated and an attempt to silence him in Parliament. The episode lays bare deepening factional tensions within the party.
