Lok Sabha adjourns till Monday amid Opposition protests over NEET leak and temple donation claims

New Delhi: Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned for the day on Friday as Opposition members continued protests over various issues, including the NEET paper leak and Ram temple donation theft issues.Amid the din, the House passed the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026 without a debate.#MonsoonSession2026Lok Sabha passes The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026 in Lok Sabha .That the Bill further amends the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006, as passed by Rajya Sabha.@LokSabhaSectt @minmsme… pic.twitter.com/S7B6kXmUA9— SansadTV (@sansad_tv) August 7, 2026 Papers listed for the day and reports of various Parliamentary committees were tabled in the House.With the Opposition demanding a reply from Home Minister Amit Shah on the police excesses during the recent student protests against the NEET paper leak, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju asserted that the Opposition cannot dictate which minster will come to the House and respond.⦿ Our Home Minister is absent from both the Lok Sabha and Parliament. Why is he running away from Parliament?⦿ He should come and explain: Who ordered the pellet gun firing against students? Who ordered the use of tear gas shells? Who ordered the use of AK-47s?⦿… pic.twitter.com/anLEfLchkL— Congress (@INCIndia) August 7, 2026 Home Minister Shah comes to Parliament every day and stays till late night, Rijiju asserted, and asked the protesting members to stop their "drama" of disrupting the House.Dilip Saikia, who was in the Chair, asked the protesting members to cooperate and allow the House to run."Please go to your seats. Please cooperate," he said.President Droupadi Murmu Grants Assent To Law Penalising Obstruction To Vande Mataram Singing As the protests and sloganeering continued, Zero Hour was adjourned within 16 minutes and the House will now meet again on Monday.Earlier, the Question Hour was washed out again and the proceedings were adjourned till noon amid Opposition protests.The Monsoon session, which commenced on July 20, has been continuously disrupted by differences between the Centre and the Opposition.(Except for the headline, this article has not been edited by FPJ's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

Parliament proceedings were adjourned for the day on Friday amid continued protests by Opposition members over the NEET paper leak and alleged theft of donations at the Ram temple in Ayodhya.The Lok Sabha was adjourned till Monday after repeated disruptions, with the Question Hour washed out and Zero Hour ending within 16 minutes.Amid the din, the Lok Sabha passed the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026 without debate. Papers and reports of various Parliamentary committees were also tabled.Opposition members have been demanding a statement from Home Minister Amit Shah on the alleged police excesses during protests against the NEET paper leak, including the July 20 police action on protesters marching towards Parliament.Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said the Opposition could not dictate which minister should come to the House and respond. He said Shah attends Parliament throughout the day and stays until late at night, and accused the Opposition of disrupting proceedings.In the Rajya Sabha, proceedings were also adjourned for the day amid protests demanding Shah's presence in the House. Opposition MPs, led by Congress president and Leader of the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge, raised the issue of the Home Minister's absence and also protested over the alleged Ram temple donation theft.Chairman C P Radhakrishnan proceeded with the listed business amid the sloganeering before adjourning the House till Monday.The Monsoon Session, which began on July 20, has been repeatedly disrupted by differences between the government and Opposition over the NEET paper leak and other issues.