Rohtak, July 20 -- Former Haryana chief minister and leader of the opposition (LoP) Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday slammed the BJP-led Haryana government for rising unemployment in the state, alleging that repeated paper leaks have come as a jolt to the state's youths.

Hooda also slammed the shifting of activist Sonam Wangchuk from Jantar Mantar to hospital, terming it an "authoritarian" action by the government. "Everyone has the democratic right to peacefully raise their demands. Instead of listening to his concerns, forcibly removing him is condemnable," he said.

While speaking to the media here, Hooda said the menace of paper leaks had assumed "epidemic proportions" across the country, prompting the Congress to launch its nationwid...