Omar Abdullah Hits Back At Nadda For Including J&K Name In List of Paper Leak Incidents

New Delhi: Jammu-Kashmir chief minister Mr Omar Abdullah on Thursday hit back at Union Health Minister Mr J.P. Nadda for mentioning UT’s name in the list of paper leak incidents that he mentioned during a press conference on Wednesday.

Since the union minister had blamed the NC-Congress government for the paper leak in the Service Selection Board (SSB) in the UT, Mr Abdullah hit back saying the incident took place in 2022 when the UT was under direct control of the Centre.

“You are absolutely correct about the SSB paper leak in J&K @JPNadda ji but you have got the date wrong. It was 2022. The government wasn’t of NC & Congress. It was a government headed by Lt. Governor but thank you for reminding everyone of this failure. It involved these observations & orders of the J&K High Court. We have no idea what happened to the High Level Committee or its report. Perhaps you can share that with us in your next press conference,” Mr Abdullah wrote on social media platform X.

While shifting the blame on Opposition parties, Mr Nadda on Wednesday said, “If I talk about the paper leak in the Service Selection Board examination in Jammu and Kashmir where the government is of Congress and NC of National Conference. Similarly, in Himachal Pradesh, the paper leak happened in Himachal Pradesh School Examination Board where the government is of Congress. Similarly, in Jharkhand, Hindi and Science papers were leaked in JAC where the government is of Congress and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha. In Telangana, the language paper of Intermediate was leaked and there too we know that the government is supported by Congress and CPI. In Telangana, the language paper was leaked in SSC and there too the government is supported by Congress Party and CPI. In Tamil Nadu, the paper leak happened in the B.Ed course paper of what we call Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University Board, there was an opposition government there too at that time. In West Bengal, the recruitment exam paper of Police Constable was leaked.”

“There was a TMC government there at that time. In Punjab, the Punjab Subordinate Service Selection Board experienced paper leaks and malpractices in the Group B examination. Similarly, in Keralam, irregularities occurred in 26 PSC exam papers. In Karnataka, where the Congress government is, there was a paper leak in the Preparatory Board exam. The PUC paper was leaked. This is a fairly long list, which we'll want to discuss whenever it's time. I'd like to ask the LoP Rahul Gandhi, why are you so selective? Why haven't you discussed the UPA and UPA-supported governments? Why have you distanced yourself from them? This clearly shows that your objective isn't the welfare of students. Your objective is to improve education, improve the quality of education, and ensure justice for students. You're not interested in this. You want to gain political mileage from student issues and demands. You want to make political gains, which is unfortunate..."Mr Nadda added.