Standing firmly with Gen Z and raising its voice against what it termed as atrocities on the country’s youth, the Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Monday passed a Censure Motion by voice vote against repeated paper leaks across the country. Winding up the debate on the motion and later addressing the media, Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann said repeated paper leaks under the BJP-led Union Government had shattered the aspirations of crores of students, while those seeking justice were met with tear gas shells, pellet guns and police action instead of accountability.
The Chief Minister announced that the Punjab Government would forward the Censure Motion to the Prime Minister’s Office, the Union Ministry of Education and the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, urging the Centre to take stringent measures to prevent paper leaks and restore the credibility of the country’s education system. Congress, however, walked out of the House during the debate on the motion.
Addressing the Vidhan Sabha on Censure Motion against the repeated paper leaks in the country, CM Bhagwant Singh Mann stated said, “Those who have been claiming to make the country a Vishwaguru have made a mockery of the education system by failing to check the repeated paper leaks across the country. Paper leaks, or in other words the selling of examination papers, shatter the dreams of the aspirants. A reflection of this is that 22 candidates of the NEET examination committed suicide. From 2014, ever since the BJP regime assumed charge of office, 93 paper leaks have taken place in the country.”
Citing the figures relating to paper leaks, the Chief Minister said, “The number of such paper leaks between 2019 and 2024 was 65 and the maximum number of such leaks took place in BJP-led governments in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh and others. The Prime Minister, who used to give tips to students about appearing in examinations, has failed to check the paper leaks. What else could be expected from a Prime Minister whose own degree is nowhere in sight.”
Continuing on the issue, CM Bhagwant Singh Mann said, “Pellet guns are banned across the world, but the Union Government has mercilessly used them against innocent students.” Announcing the action taken by his government after the debate, the Chief Minister said, “The Punjab Government has brought this Censure Motion in the Vidhan Sabha today. The adopted motion will be sent to the Prime Minister’s Office, the Union Ministry of Education and the Union Ministry of Home Affairs so that the repeated interference with the country’s education system and paper leaks in examinations like NEET are brought to their notice.”
The Chief Minister further said, “When I was speaking in the Vidhan Sabha today, the Opposition benches were lying empty. This is a glimpse of 2027. Clarifying Punjab’s record on examinations, the Chief Minister said, “Not even a single incident of paper leak has taken place in Punjab during the last more than four years of our government.