India, Sept. 4 -- The BJP on Thursday accused Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of corruption in awarding a contract for conducting public examinations in the state.

The Jharkhand Government on August 18 cancelled 22 recruitment examinations and ordered probes into 23 others conducted since 2014 by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC), Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC) and outsourced agency TDPL, amid a prolonged student agitation over alleged irregularities.

Addressing a press conference here, BJP national spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari alleged that a blacklisted company, TDPL, was given responsibility of conducting public examinations by the Jharkhand Government, which subsequent...