Dehradun, Aug. 3 -- Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday said that NDA-ruled states have taken firm action against recruitment scams and examination-related irregularities, while alleging that opposition-ruled states failed to curb such malpractices and were marked by widespread irregularities in recruitment processes.

Speaking to reporters here, Dhami said that the Uttarakhand government had acted decisively against the "cheating mafia" by arresting and jailing over 100 people and enacting a stringent anti-cheating law.

"In all NDA-ruled states, wherever instances of cheating occurred, action was taken against the perpetrators. In Uttarakhand, we took action against a hundred members of the 'cheating mafia,' jailed ...