Chandigarh, July 31 -- Punjab Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains on Friday accused opposition parties of trying to "defame Punjab for their petty politics" over the alleged paper leak issue.

He said that the state police arrested a gang allegedly involved in attempting to carry out cheating practices in Punjab and that further investigation is underway.

Speaking to the reporters, Bains said, "Some opposition parties tried to defame Punjab for their petty politics... We held a press conference along with our senior police officers, discussed in detail how a gang operating from Haryana, that might have committed multiple cheating cases in Haryana, tried to attempt those same practices in Punjab once. But under the leadership of the Pun...