India's parliament Monsoon Session 2026 opened on July 20 and was adjourned for the day within hours after Congress-led opposition members disrupted both Houses demanding debates on the NEET-UG 2026 medical-entrance paper leak and alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram Janmabhoomi Trust in Ayodhya; a CJP-led 'Chalo Sansad' protest march also converged on parliament
India's Prime Minister since May 2014, Modi is the dominant figure in Indian politics and the architect of India's shift from strategic non-alignment to assertive great-power competition, now governing in a coalition third term after a decade of majority mandates.
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