Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla urges consensus for debate on tougher anti-paper leak law

3 min readBengaluruUpdated: Jul 27, 2026 04:04 PM IST Opposition leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, K C Venugopal, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Akhilesh Yadav, and Mahua Moitra, stage a protest during the Monsoon Session of Parliament in New Delhi on Monday (Photo: PTI). Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla urged the government and the Opposition to reach a consensus by 5 pm so that the House can take up for discussion the stringent law against exam paper leaks introduced in the House Monday. Birla made this announcement soon after the House reassembled at 2 pm but could not function amid sloganeering by the Opposition members over police action against students during protests over NEET paper leak last week. Earlier in the day, Union Minister of State for the Department of Personnel and Training Dr Jitendr