On the second day of the budget session of Jharkhand Assembly on Tuesday, questions were raised in the House regarding the leak of JAC matriculation (10th) exam question paper and the sand mining issue.
While the BJP protested outside for a CBI inquiry into the question paper leak case before the proceedings of the House began, it also created a ruckus inside the House for some time.
Two BJP MLAs Neera Yadav and Raj Sinha brought an adjournment motion regarding this, which the Speaker rejected with the argument that it could be discussed during the ongoing session as well.
As soon as the proceedings of the Assembly began, BJP MLAs reached the Chair demanding a CBI inquiry into the leak of JAC matriculation exam Hindi and Science question papers.
As the proceeding began at 11 am, BJP legislators trooped into the Well, demanding a CBI investigation into the alleged paper leak. Speaker Rabindra Nath Mahato urged the members to maintain decorum, stating that the issue had already been raised outside the House.
The Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) on February 20 cancelled the class 10 board examinations for Hindi and Science after the papers were allegedly leaked, and copies of those went viral on social media. JAC had written a separate letter in this regard to the Deputy Commissioners of Koderma, Giridih and Garhwa. In these three districts, it was first reported that the question paper had gone viral. It is being investigated in all the three districts.
The issue of question paper leak has come up in different districts of the state. It is being investigated at the district level in all the districts. Till now, the investigation has not revealed how and from where the paper was leaked.
During the Question Hour, BJP's Hatia MLA Naveen Jaiswal also tried to corner the government over the issue of sand shortage. He said the construction of PM Awas Yojana and Abua Awas Yojana houses was affected due to a shortage of sand. He alleged that the price of a truck of sand reached Rs 44,000 in the state. Jaiswal asked if settlements were done only for 20 sand ghats out of 444 ghats in the last seven years. Excise Minister Yogendra Prasad denied the claim of sand shortage and said the state government was providing free sand to people who are out of the purview of income tax.
A total of 444 sand ghats in the state are classified under Category-II against which a total of 261 sand ghats have been issued LoI (letter of intent). Of which, the contract has been executed of 159 sand ghats, besides environment clearance of 64 sand ghats and ToR (terms of reference) of 24 ghats have been received," he said. Ranchi's BJP MLA CP Singh wanted to know how many people received free sand as per the government's promise.