New Delhi, July 29 -- Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026 after a brief reply by Union Minister Jitendra Singh, who took several digs at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, alleging that he had used unparliamentary language and if he "is even aware of basic parliamentary norms".

The bill saw a marathon debate started at 2 pm on Tuesday and the House sat till 11 pm. It resumed debate on Wednesday.

The Bill proposes to enhance the punishment for persons resorting to unfair means by increasing the term of imprisonment to not less than five years, extendable up to ten years, as against the existing provision of imprisonment for a term of not less than three years, extendable up to...