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Congress on Wednesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the NEET-UG controversy, saying he “can’t even stop paper leaks”, and demanded the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan along with a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe into the alleged paper leak scandal. The party also sought compensation for affected students after the cancellation of the examination.

Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee president Keshav Mahto Kamlesh announced the formation of seven committees for a five-year term, following AICC approval. These committees, including the PCC executive, political affairs, and campaign committees, aim to strengthen the party's presence across the state. Office bearers have been assigned specific responsibilities to enhance organizational reach and effectiveness.

A joint parliamentary committee, chaired by Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi, met with stakeholders in Odisha to discuss the Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill, 2025, and related reorganization bills. The proposed amendment seeks to automatically remove ministers arrested for 30 consecutive days in serious cases, aiming to uphold constitutional morality and decriminalize politics.

BJD's Rajya Sabha leader Manas Mangaraj attended INDIA bloc meetings, sparking Congress proximity rumors. Mangaraj clarified BJD's focus remained solely on protecting Odisha's interests regarding delimitation, emphasizing Naveen Patnaik's priority for the state. This follows recent joint backing of an Independent candidate and a Congress leader's suggestion of a potential pre-poll alliance.

The former high court judge had contested a committee's findings that called for his removal, but risked becoming the first judge to be removed by Parliament

India's digital censorship infrastructure is rapidly expanding, dismantling protections established by the Supreme Court. Platforms face immense pressure and compressed timelines for takedown requests, leading to default censorship. Citizens are denied notice, hearings, and reasons for blocked content, while regulatory agility outpaces legal recourse, threatening permanent censorship.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has introduced significant amendments to the Companies Act, aiming to decriminalize procedural defaults and boost flexibility in share buybacks. The proposed changes also introduce new executive compensation instruments and streamline merger processes. Special benches for the National Company Law Tribunal are planned, alongside relaxations for small companies regarding CSR requirements.

Parliament passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2026, sparking immediate resignations from two National Council for Transgender Persons members protesting the lack of community consultation. The bill removes self-perceived gender identity, introducing a medical board for transgender certificates, a move critics deem regressive and a step backward for fundamental rights.

Transgender community members, part of the National Council for Transgender Persons, met with ministry officials to reiterate that self-affirmation must remain the foundation of transgender identity.

The Congress on Tuesday stepped up its attack on the government over the Pegasus snooping controversy and demanded a probe by a joint parliamentary committee. The opposition party along with other parties also stalled proceedings of both houses of Parliament while raising the issue.Opposition members raised uproar in both houses and demanded a thorough probe into the charges of snooping on journalists, politicians, ministers, judges and others using Israeli Pegasus spyware. The government on Monday categorically rejected in Lok Sabha allegations of snooping on politicians, journalists and others using Pegasus software, asserting that illegal surveillance was not possible with checks and balances in the country's laws, and alleged that attempts were being made to malign the Indian democracy.

Jaipal Reddy on Friday claimed that the Rafale deal by the Narendra Modi-led central government was a big scam and demanded constitution of a joint parliamentary committee to conduct a probe.

The Shiv Sena may not join the joint parliamentary committee (JPC) set up to probe the alleged scam surrounding the 2G spectrum allocation.

A potentially contentious meeting of the joint parliamentary committee on telecom slated for June 12 — supposed to consider BJP leader Yashwant Sinha’s demand that former and serving PMO top guns as well as former telecom ministers A Raja and Dayanidhi Maran be examined — has been put off.

A day after saying the Adani Group was being targeted and questioning the logic behind the demand for a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe, NCP president Sharad Pawar sought to clarify his position on the issue. While he had on Friday mentioned "BJP's majority" as the reason behind his questioning of the need for a JPC, he explained further on Saturday that there would be a doubt over the outcome of the probe as the JPC would have more members of the ruling NDA.

Ahead of the coming budget session in Parliament, the BJP asked the UPA government at the Centre to take steps to create an environment for the smooth conduct of business and said it was yet to take a final decision on whether or not it would disrupt proceedings in the House.

The Opposition in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday vehemently objected to the manner in which EMS Natchiappan of the Congress was made a member of the joint parliamentary committee on spectrum allocation.

Opposition on Friday stepped up its attack on IPL cricket, stalling proceedings in Parliament to press for the acceptance of its demand for a joint parliamentary committee probe into the "scam".