Uttarakhand CM meets youths protesting over UKSSSC exam paper leak

A week-long, Statewide protest against frequent paper leaks in Uttarakhand was called off on Monday (September 29, 2025) after Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami personally met the demonstrating students in Dehradun and assured them of a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe in the matter.

Vexed with the recent paper leak in the Uttarakhand Subordinate Services Selection Commission (UKSSSC) graduate-level examination held on September 21, students across the State launched massive protests forcing the government to form an SIT under the chairmanship of a retired High Court judge to investigate the leak. The students, however, remained adamant for a CBI probe.

The Opposition Congress also supported the students’ protests and termed the BJP’s anti-cheating law as an “eyewash” that has failed to deter cheating mafias. Videos of students raising slogans like ‘paper chor gaddi chod’ (paper thief, leave the seat), ‘Dhami tere raaj me paper bikey 15 lakh me’ (it’s under your government Dhami that question papers are being sold for ₹15 lakh), went viral on social media drawing support for the demonstrating students.