Opposition parties turns up heat on AAP govt over paper leak charges
Chandigarh, July 28 -- The Opposition on Monday stepped up their attacks on Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann, health minister Dr Balbir Singh and education minister Harjot Singh Bains over alleged paper leaks and irregularities in recruitment examinations in the state, a charge denied by the AAP government.
Upping the ante, Punjab Congress MPs staged a protest outside the Parliament in New Delhi, where they demanded the chief minister's resignation and an apology for paper leaks and police action against sanitation workers in Barnala. The MPs, including Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, Dr Amar Singh, Gurjeet Singh Aujla and Sher Singh Ghubaya, accused the chief minister of lying by denying any paper leaks in Punjab during the AAP tenure, alleging that at least six paper leaks had taken place during the past four-and-a-half-years. Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal demanded an inquiry by a sitting judge of the Punjab and Haryana high court into the pharmacy officer recruitment exam irregularities. Earlier, SAD and its youth wings staged a protest outside the main gate of Faridkot-based Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, demanding the cancellation of the pharmacy officer recruitment examination, alleging it was leaked in an organised manner. BJP leader Tarun Chugh sought a CBI probe into the alleged cheating racket, which he alleged had exposed the "double standards" of the AAP leadership.
Denying any paper leak in Punjab, AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal accused the BJP of trying to tarnish Punjab's transformation from 27th to number one in the country's education rankings under the AAP government. The AAP chief said not a single paper leak took place during 10 years of the AAP government in Delhi or in five years of its government in Punjab, while it had been a recurring feature in BJP-ruled states. Health minister Dr Balbir Singh termed Opposition allegations as false propaganda and politically motivated misinformation....
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