Anti-Paper Leak Bill 2026: Gaurav Gogoi And Akhilesh Yadav On Bill
Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi questioned the validity of the Nandan Nilekani task force during the 2024 paper leak. The government appointed ISRO chief Radhakrishnan as a task force committee, and it submitted its report. What happened to the report? SP leader Akhilesh Yadav said police crackdown on students was worse than the Emergency of 1975.
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday questioned the proposed amendments to the anti-paper leaks law, saying despite an existing law, question paper leaks of public examinations have continued and it has proved to be a failure.
Initiating the debate on the Public Examination(Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill 2026 in Lok Sabha, Deputy leader of Congress in the House,Gaurav Gogoi, also said that students were compelled to hit the streets and their pain needs to be understood.
This is just an amendment bill, and two years back the bill was introduced. It was brought in response to the 2024 NEET paper leak. Then also the government had said it was a historic step which will deter people from leaking paper. The 2026 leak proved that the law was a failure and it will fail again, Gogoi said.
Talking about the high-powered committee, Gogoi pointed out, then what happened to the committee which was formed two years ago under former ISRO Chief K Radhakrishnan. The government wants to show it is very serious. It announced that 47 people were removed or transferred from the National Testing Agency. Gogoi asked ," I want to know who they are... the sanctioned strength is 34, who are these 47 people? We should know, he remarked.
Gogoi also attacked BJP leaders for welcoming Pradhan when he came to parliament after resigning as Union Education Minister. Same Dharmendra Pradhan was the education minister then (2024) and now...... when he came here, he was welcomed here as if he had come back after fighting with pakistan. Do you have no shame ?" Gogoi questioned.
Akhilesh Yadav on Anti-Paper Leak Bill 2026
Opposition parties fear the entire government could be outsourced like the National Testing Agency, said Samajwadi party MP, Akhilesh Yadav. " The government does not give assurances, only Jumlas. I hope all the assurances made to the youth are fulfilled", he said while speaking on a debate on the proposed anti-paper leak Bill.
Yadav asserted that the recent protests led by Cockroach Janata Party in Delhi's Jantar Mantar were the "first student agitation to receive the support of the parents".
Yadav said, "What happened in Delhi is worse than the Emergency; that time there was no 'electricity', now it is there," referring to the police crackdown and batons used against the students who protested in the national capital on July 20.
Yadav said that millions of youth initially demanded the Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation, a condition the Modi government met by forming a committee and subsequently removing him from office. " When the government gets worried, it accepts demands", he added. He also alleged that the government has snatched the rights of Dalits and backward classes.
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