India, July 25 -- The first week of the Monsoon session of Parliament was washed out as the Government and the Opposition continued to be at loggerheads over the demand for Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation before a debate on the NEET paper leak issue in both Houses.

Hitting out at the Opposition, the Government said making "excuses" and attaching "pre-conditions" before a debate will send a wrong message to the country. In the first week of the session, both Houses could not take up any legislative agenda except for the introduction of a bill each in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

In Lok Sabha, a bill to replace an ordinance which increased the number of judges of the Supreme Court from 34 to 38 was introduced but could n...