NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday late night announced that the government is going to take more strict actions against paper leaks in the meeting of the Union Cabinet to be held on Friday.
In a video message in Hindi, Modi said, “More strict actions against paper leaks will come in tomorrow’s cabinet.”
He said the government has taken a decision to constitute a fast-track court and directed the departments to work on constituting it and also other strict measures.
“The departments have informed me late night that the draft proposal in this regard with provision of strict punishment is ready and the same will be taken up during the meeting of the Union cabinet. After discussing the matter with my cabinet colleagues, we will take a final decision.”
The Prime Minister acknowledged that the issue of paper leaks was a serious concern.
"I am aware that the issue of paper leaks is not a trivial matter; it is deeply distressing for lakhs of students and their parents. Consequently, numerous measures have been taken over the past two and a half months to address these incidents", he added in his message to the people.
He also said, " The government mobilised all its resources to ensure that the examination for 2.2 million (22 lakh) students could be conducted in the shortest possible time. The results were declared just five or six days ago, on the 19th, and news of the success and happiness of students across the country is pouring in".
From Monday, when the second week of the Parliament session begins, “our efforts would be to get the proposed measures passed by both the houses of Parliament”.
“Our initial response to the paper leak was to ensure that students’ year is not lost and therefore “we ensured timely re-examination and declaration of results”. The results have come and successful candidates are happy and are in the process of getting admission, he added.
He also said that paper leak is very painful for students and their parents. “Keeping this in mind, swift actions were taken and culprits were arrested and put behind the bar,” he added.
