The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday, July 22, questioned the silence of Arvind Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) over the alleged scam that has taken place in the pharmacy officer recruitment exam in Punjab.
Amid attacks from the Opposition parties, including AAP, over the alleged NEET-UG paper leak as well as handling of students’ protest in the national capital, Amit Malviya, the head of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s national IT cell, asked why the former Delhi chief minister was not speaking up over the recruitment exam “scam” that is unravelling in Punjab.
In a post on X, Malviya wrote, “Arvind Kejriwal and his proxy protesters claim to be fighting for students. So where are they now? Punjab’s Pharmacist recruitment exam has been compromised by a massive cheating racket. Police have arrested 7 kingpins and 28 candidates. Investigators allege a hidden pen camera was used to leak the paper, with answers transmitted live through Bluetooth earpieces. Candidates reportedly paid between ₹3.5 lakh and ₹13 lakh. Where are the protests? Where is the outrage? Or is selective activism reserved only for states ruled by political opponents?”
Arvind Kejriwal and his proxy protesters claim to be fighting for students. So where are they now?
Punjab’s Pharmacist recruitment exam has been compromised by a massive cheating racket. Police have arrested 7 kingpins and 28 candidates. Investigators allege a hidden pen camera… pic.twitter.com/tMC4OO8hBL
— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) July 22, 2026
Taking to the social media platform, the saffron party also asked whether there will there be action against Punjab’s Education Minister as per the promise, or “will the Aam Aadmi Party take a U-turn on this too, as always?”
एक तरफ मनीष सिसोदिया का बयान कि पेपर लीक हुआ तो शिक्षा मंत्री को हटा देंगे — और दूसरी तरफ पंजाब में Pharmacy Exam में हुई नकल और पेपर लीक की सच्चाई!
✅ हाई-टेक नकल
✅ युवाओं की मेहनत से खिलवाड़
✅ गायब जवाबदेहीअब सवाल सीधा है — क्या वादे के मुताबिक पंजाब के शिक्षा मंत्री पर… pic.twitter.com/4GyAwZsr0E
— BJP (@BJP4India) July 22, 2026
The state police recently dismantled an inter-state cheating racket operating during the pharmacy officer recruitment examination.
Officials informed that police detained seven key conspirators of the racket along with 28 candidates, and also seized 27 battery-operated wireless devices used for cheating.
During the examination, police is said to have detected the use of pen cameras and real-time dictation. The exam centres were set up at Faridkot and Ferozepur.
In an official statement, police stated that a candidate, identified as Ayush in Ferozepur, allegedly used a concealed pen camera to scan the question paper. It was later sent to an accomplice, Sajan, in Bhiwani, Haryana, via WhatsApp. Sajan then sent it to another operative of the racket, Deepak, who was stationed at a makeshift control room inside the residence of Gurmeet Singh in Faridkot’s Society Nagar.
From this location, key accused Manjit Singh and Deepak are believed to have dictated the answers in real-time via wireless equipment to several candidates sitting inside the exam halls, the statement added.