PM Modi addresses media as monsoon session begins. (Video grab from Sansad TV Live)
Ahead of the Parliament monsoon session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the media, celebrating Saturday’s rocket launch by an Indian startup and taking a dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. “Our youth is has endless possibilities just like space. Our youth is 28 years old, not 56-year-old,” he said in a reference to Rahul Gandhi’s age.
He said, “This is an landmark achievement by our youth. The esteem of our youth is at endless heights, just like the space which is endless.”
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The Prime Minister avoided addressing the protest in Delhi by thousands of people over student suicides and national exam paper leaks. The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) is protesting less than 2 km away and have been blockaded by a heavily armed police force.
Under the shadow of the protests, the monsoon session of Parliament is set for a stormy start, with Opposition MPs likely to corner the government on the NEET paper leak and Ayodhya Ram Temple donation theft cases.
CJP’s Parliament march: The opening day of the monsoon session also sees a protest march led by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) from Jantar Mantar towards Parliament as they demand the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the NEET scandal. Activist Sonam Wangchuk, who is on an indefinite hunger strike, has said he would break his fast only if the Centre accepts responsibility for issues such as paper leaks or agrees to discuss the same in the current session.
Bills to be introduced in the Monsoon Session: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is set to introduce the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026, in the Rajya Sabha on the first day of this Session. In 19 sittings across 25 days till August 13, the monsoon session of Parliament is also slated to see the introduction of several other bills such as the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026 (replacing the ordinance increasing the Supreme Court’s sanctioned strength from 33 to 37 judges), the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, and the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025.
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