NEET-UG Row: INDIA Bloc Not Allowed To Raise Concern; Both LS, RS Adjourned | Key Points

Amid the spiralling row over the alleged irregularities in the NEET-UG examination, the Opposition INDIA bloc was stopped from raising the issue in both houses of the Parliament today for a debate and both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned.

A day before, President Droupadi Murmu mentioned the paper leak issue while addressing the joint sitting of the Parliament.

The leaders of the Opposition bloc took the decision to raise the concern during a meeting at Congress supremo Mallikarjun Kharge's residence on Thursday.

NEET-UG Paper leak: top developments

• President Murmu's address- Addressing the joint sitting in the Parliament, President Droupadi Murmu on Thuesday asserted that the Centre is committed to a fair investigation in the case and urged people to “rise above partisan politics”.

• Opposition leaders to raise issue- The INDIA bloc leaders on Friday were stopped from raising the issue regarding the unethical practices and irregularities involving the highly competitive NEET-UG examination. Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar did not approve of 22 notices by members from the opposition benches under a rule to suspend listed business of the day and hold a discussion on the NEET issue.

• LS, RS adjourned amid row- Initially, the Lok Sabha was adjourned till 12 noon on Friday amid an uproar in the House over NEET-UG. Later it was announced that the next proceedings will be on July 1. The Rajya Sabha was also adjourned over the same issue.

CBI's first arrests: Yesterday, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in its first arrest in the NEET UG paper leak case, took two people into custody in Patna. The two caused, Manish Kumar and Ashutosh Kumar, were allegedly involved in arranging accommodation for the aspirants before the examination and giving them leaked question papers and answer keys.

• 20 arrests made so far: With a combined effort by Bihar Police and the CBI, a total of 20 people have been taken into custody in the case so far. 18 of them were apprehended by the Economic Offence Wing (EOU) of the Bihar Police while CBI arrested two.

• Bihar govt to being stringent law: In light of the ongoing row over the exam irregularities, Bihar deputy chief minister Samrat Chaudhary said that the state government would bring in a stringent law to curb exam paper leaks. “Following the direction of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the state government is going to introduce a stringent law to check cases of question paper leaks in Bihar,” he said