Archive · 7 Aug 2026
Badal backs student protest, demands resignations over Punjab paper leaks
Some college students in Punjab were upset because exam papers were leaked before tests.
Leaking means some people saw the questions early, which is not fair to others.
So the students gathered outside a big university in Patiala to protest.
They wanted the minister in charge of education to quit his job.
A political leader named Sukhbir Singh Badal came to support them.
He said the education and health ministers should take responsibility for the leaks and other exam problems.
He said more than ten exam scams happened and over ten lakh students were affected.
Badal wants people to remove the ruling party from power, saying it does not care about students.
He also said the state leader admitted in 2023 that one exam paper had leaked.
SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal extended support to students protesting outside Punjabi University in Patiala.
The protesters, under the banner 'Bhavikh Bachao Morcha', are demanding the resignation of education minister Harjot Singh Bains.
Badal said ministers Harjot Singh Bains and Dr Balbir Singh should not continue and must take full responsibility for paper leaks and 10+ exam scams.
Badal said the scams have impacted over 10 lakh youth in Punjab and urged students to build a mass movement against the AAP government.
Badal accused AAP of hypocrisy, noting the Punjab Chief Minister officially admitted in March 2023 that the Punjab State Teacher Eligibility Test paper had leaked.
Badal claimed AAP leaders denied the Punjab paper leaks when questioned by the media in Delhi.
- Who
- SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal, students of the 'Bhavikh Bachao Morcha', and Punjab ministers Harjot Singh Bains and Dr Balbir Singh.
- What
- Badal backed a student protest demanding the resignation of education minister Harjot Singh Bains over exam paper leaks and scams.
- When
- Thursday; the article does not give a specific date.
- Where
- Outside Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab.
- Why
- Students and SAD say paper leaks and 10+ exam scams affected over 10 lakh youth in Punjab and hold the ministers responsible.
Students and SAD (Protesters)
AAP Government
Accountability for exam paper leaks
Students and SAD (Protesters)
Ministers Harjot Singh Bains and Dr Balbir Singh should resign and take full responsibility for the paper leaks and exam scams.
AAP Government
AAP leaders denied the Punjab paper leaks when questioned by the media in Delhi.
Scale of the exam scams
Students and SAD (Protesters)
Paper leaks and 10+ exam scams have affected over 10 lakh youth in Punjab.
AAP Government
AAP leaders denied that paper leaks occurred in Punjab when questioned in Delhi.
Government's attitude toward youth
Students and SAD (Protesters)
The AAP government is anti-youth and anti-Punjab and should be thrown out of power.
AAP Government
AAP went to Delhi to fight for students, a stance Badal says is contradicted by its denial of the leaks.
- Political Party
- Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)
- Protest Banner
- Bhavikh Bachao Morcha
- Protest Location
- Punjabi University, Patiala
- Ministers Asked to Resign
- Harjot Singh Bains (education) and Dr Balbir Singh (health)
- Number of Exam Scams
- 10+
- Youth Affected
- Over 10 lakh in Punjab
- PSTET Leak Admission
- Admitted by the Punjab Chief Minister in March 2023