Jharkhand: Supplementary budget passed amidst ruckus over CGL paper leak

Ranchi, February 26: The third supplementary budget of Rs 4981 crore was passed on the second day of Jharkhand Assembly on Monday even as the opposition BJP lawmakers created a ruckus demanding CBI probe into the leak of combined graduate level (CGL) exam.

Finance minister Rameshwar Oraon will present the last full budget of the present government on Tuesday. After passing the supplementary budget, the proceedings of the House were adjourned till Tuesday.

Earlier, as soon as the House assembled for the day around 11 am, the BJP  legislators trooped into the well, disrupting the Question Hour.

BJP chief whip Biranchi Narayan raised the issue of the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission CGL examination question paper leak.

“Question papers were sold at Rs 25 lakh and Rs 30 lakh, which is very serious. The government has formed an SIT and JSSC chairman has also resigned from his post, but this would not solve the purpose. The administration needs to nab the kingpin. Therefore, it is my request that the case should be probed by the CBI,” Narayan said.

Replying to him, minister Alamgir Alam said the Jharkhand government has taken cognisance of the issue.

“A special investigation team is carrying out a probe. In case it fails to bring out the desired outcome, other options will be considered,” Alam said.

Leader of Opposition Amar Bauri, however, expressed apprehension over the possibility of the SIT probe getting suppressed.

“The government is scared of a CBI probe; it wants to protect its people,” Bauri alleged.

As the ruckus continued, Speaker Rabindra Nath Mahto urged the BJP legislators to get back to their seats, but they continued to raise slogans.

The Speaker then adjourned the House till 12.30pm, following which proceedings resumed again.