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Harsimrat writes to Shah, seeks CBI probe into ‘paper leaks’ in Punjab

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  1. Harsimrat Kaur Badal wrote to Union home minister Amit Shah seeking a CBI probe into alleged examination paper leaks in Punjab.

  2. Badal listed 11 alleged paper leak cases, including the Naib Tehsildar paper affecting 42,000 students and the TET paper affecting 1 lakh students.

  3. The Bhagwant Mann-led AAP government denied any paper leak during its tenure, calling it a political conspiracy.

  4. Badal accused the AAP government of a cover-up and demanded action against education minister Harjot Bains and health minister Balbir Singh.

  5. The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader argued that the AAP government has no interest in probing the leaks due to potential indictments of its ministers.

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