Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday, 29 March, targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi again, going into rhyme over the series of leaks, including CBSE board papers, to say that the "chowkidar" was weak.
Using Twitter as his platform to attack the government, he used the hashtag “BasEkAurSaal”, a reference to the government having one year left in its term.
“How many leaks? Data leak! Aadhaar leak! SSC Exam leak! Election date leak! CBSE papers leak! There is a leak in everything, the 'chowkidar' is weak,” Gandhi said in a tweet.
While addressing a press conference, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, when asked about Gandhi’s tweet, refused to answer the questions and told the media to ask questions about the schemes discussed in the Cabinet meeting that took place on Wednesday instead.
The CBSE on Wednesday announced a retest of the Class 10 Mathematics and Class 12 Economics papers following reports claiming that they had been leaked. Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said a new system would be put in place from Monday, 2 March, to ensure no leaks take place and that the government was conducting an internal inquiry.
(With inputs from PTI)
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