Shimla, July 27 -- Leader of Opposition and former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Monday accused the Congress government led by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu of protecting officials allegedly involved in the police recruitment paper leak case.

He welcomed the Centre's proposed stringent anti-paper leak law as a landmark reform, and alleged that the Chief Minister had "deceived" agitating primary school teachers by visiting their protest without offering any concrete solution.

Speaking to ANI in Shimla, Thakur said the Narendra Modi-led Central Government had taken the strongest-ever action against examination paper leaks by ordering central investigations, reconducting the NEET examination and proposing a stri...