NEET issue In Rajya Sabha: Huge uproar in Rajya Sabha on NEET issue, Kharge reached the well, Chairman expressed displeasure

 New Delhi. During the discussion on the address of President Draupadi Murmu in the Rajya Sabha on Friday, the opposition created a ruckus demanding a discussion on the alleged paper leak controversy of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG).

Leader of the Opposition and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge raised the issue of NEET in the House and pressed for a discussion on the alleged paper leak. During this, Kharge came to the well.

Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar expressed concern over the Leader of the Opposition coming to the well of the Rajya Sabha. He said that today's day has become so tainted in the history of the Indian Parliament that the Leader of the Opposition himself has come to the well. This has never happened before. I am pained and surprised that today the tradition of Parliament will fall so much, the Leader of the Opposition will come to the well.

Rajya Sabha Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge later said outside the House that we wanted to raise the voice of lakhs of youth affected by the NEET scam by discussing it in the House under Rule 267. So we asked for a special discussion to draw attention to the problem of the people. We did not want to trouble anyone. We only wanted to raise the issues of the students but they did not give it a chance, did not pay attention to it.

He said that I would like to tell the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha that his step-motherly behavior towards the opposition today has become a stain in the history of the Indian Parliament. The Chairman was only looking towards the ruling party. I raised my hand for 10 minutes to attract his attention, stood up, followed parliamentary dignity and rules, yet he did not look at the Leader of the Opposition in the House. When the Leader of the Opposition draws his attention as per the rules, he should look at him but instead he deliberately ignored me to humiliate me, I have to either go inside or shout very loudly. So I would definitely say that it is the chairman's fault.

Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said that in Rajya Sabha today, INDIA MPs gave notice under Rule 267 for an urgent discussion on the NEET and NET scam. However, the discussion was not allowed, leading to uproar in the Upper House.