CJP Claims Lok Sabha Rejected Three Question Sets Concerning Ongoing Youth Protests
CJP alleges youth protest questions were rejected.
Three sets of questions concerning youth protests led by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), including matters related to NEET-UG 2026, alleged paper leaks and police action against demonstrators, were disallowed in the Lok Sabha during the Monsoon Session, CJP chief spokesperson Saurav Das said on Sunday. In a post on X, Das said DMK Lok Sabha MP Matheswaran V S had submitted questions seeking responses from the Union Home Ministry and the Union Education Ministry. The questions were listed under notice reference numbers 101799 and 101801, according to Das.
The questions reportedly sought information on several issues, including the refund of application fees for NEET-UG 2026, alleged growing public distrust in the government and the treatment of students and young people participating in protests. They also sought information about basic facilities allegedly denied to CJP protesters in Delhi, including drinking water and sanitation, as well as the government's engagement with protesting students and youth.
According to Das, the questions also covered student welfare, alleged paper leaks, education reforms and the treatment of citizens exercising their constitutional right to peaceful protest. He criticised the decision to disallow the questions, describing the explanations provided for rejecting them as “very bizarre justifications”. Das said the questions were rejected under Rule 41(2) of the Lok Sabha Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business, with clauses (i), (iv), (v), (xviii) and (xxii) cited as the grounds for disallowance.
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The rule sets out conditions that parliamentary questions must meet before they can be admitted for an answer by the government. Under the cited provisions, questions must be clearly and precisely worded and should not be so general that they cannot receive a specific answer. The rules also restrict questions containing arguments, inferences, imputations, epithets or defamatory statements, as well as those seeking expressions of opinion or solutions to abstract legal or hypothetical questions.
Other provisions cited in the rejection relate to questions concerning matters that are under adjudication before a court or are under consideration by a Parliamentary Committee. These restrictions form part of the procedural framework governing questions raised by MPs in the House. The issue has raised questions from the CJP over parliamentary accountability, particularly on how the government responds to concerns involving student protests and education-related grievances.
Das argued that the questions were aimed at seeking information from the government rather than making allegations or seeking political commentary. When contacted, Matheswaran confirmed that the questions had been disallowed. He said he received the information about their rejection through the Lok Sabha members' portal. The rejection of the questions comes against the backdrop of protests and political debate over education, competitive examinations and the treatment of demonstrators.
The CJP has sought to highlight these issues through its youth protests, while the government ministries would ordinarily respond to admitted parliamentary questions through the established procedure. The episode has now become a point of contention over the scope of parliamentary questioning and the rules governing what can be admitted in the Lok Sabha. While the cited provisions provide procedural grounds for disallowing questions, the CJP has questioned whether the issues it sought to raise were adequately addressed through the parliamentary process.
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