Home Minister Rajnath Singh Orders A Probe Into SSC Scam

Today, the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh ordered the CBI to launch a probe into the SSC paper leak scam. Rajnath further appealed to the students to call off their protest. Rajnath said, “We have accepted demands of protesting candidates and have given orders for CBI inquiry, the protest should now stop.”

The Congress MP Shashi Tharoor took to Twitter declaring the Home Minister's assurance into this issue. Tharoor tweeted, “Spoke to @DrJitendraSingh in Parliament today. He has agreed to a CBI inquiry on all the issues raised by the students protesting the SSC-CGL Mains papers (leak, conduct of exams etc). I thank him for his willingness to listen to these legitimate demands w/an open mind. #sscscam.”

Later, Tharoor asked the students to stop the protests. Tharoor tweeted, “I now urge the protesting students, whom I have supported all the way, to call off their agitation. It is time to acknowledge victory &move on.”

From the 27th of February, the students in Delhi have taken to the streets protesting against mass cheating during the recent SSC examinations.