Punjab pharmacy exam scam: Amid pressure from Opposition, AAP minister Harjot Singh Bains offers to resign
The state minister said that the alleged irregularities had not been uncovered by the Opposition, but by the government itself.
The state minister said that the alleged irregularities had not been uncovered by the Opposition, but by the government itself.
The case, which investigators describe as one of the most technologically advanced examination frauds uncovered in Punjab, has revived concerns over the state's recruitment process and intensified demands for political accountability.
Before forming the Cockroach Janta Party, Abhijeet Dipke was an active member of the Aam Aadmi Party, handling its social media strategy.
This comes days after Punjab Police dismantled an inter-state cheating racket operating during the pharmacy officer recruitment examination.
Opposition leaders visited injured protesters, staged demonstrations in Parliament and demanded that Delhi Police disclose all FIRs and detentions linked to Monday’s march.
A bench, comprising Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Dipankar Datta, said this as the arguments by the Additional Solicitor General S.V. Raju appearing for the Directorate of Enforcement remained inconclusive and will continue on May 7, 2024.
Kejriwal is currently in Tihar Jail under judicial custody. He was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on March 21 in connection with the Delhi liquor policy case.
Sachdeva said that the High Court bench has said that the position of Chief Minister in a busy capital like Delhi is not just a ceremonial position, it is a position where the office holder has to be available 24x7.
Singhvi told the bench that since August 2022, till July 2023, in none of the material including the statements of the accused questioned by the ED and the charge-sheets including supplementary charge-sheets, Kejriwal’s name figures.
The Delhi minister met the jailed chief minister along with his Wife Sunita in Tihar jail.
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