India, July 29 -- Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Tuesday said that not a single examination paper had been leaked in the state in the last four-and-a-half years and claimed that his government had provided nearly 69,000 government jobs purely on the basis of merit.

Speaking to the media during his visit to Parliament, where he met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and other MPs, Mann accused the BJP, Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal of making false allegations to damage the reputation of Punjab and its youth.

The Chief Minister said political differences were part of democracy but should not turn into personal conflicts. "The beauty of democracy is that people should continue to meet and ...