**Keonjhar/Bhubaneswar: ** It all seems that controversy keeps on dogging this year’s annual High School Certificate (HSC) examinations conducted under the aegis of Odisha Board of Secondary Education (BSE) as allegations of Matric Science question paper going viral was reported from Anandpur area of Keonjhar district on Tuesday.
On the contrary, Odisha School and Mass Education Minister Badri Narayan Patra ruled out the leakage of question paper and claimed that such allegations are only rumours spread by some crooks.
In his media reactions, the Minister said, “Someone after the exam would have made it viral with vested interests and in a bid to play prank and create flutter. It’s kind of rumour I tell you which means to damage lives of over 6 lakhs students and their famlies.”
“Had it been done one or two days earlier, we would have admitted it as a question paper leak. For instance the short question of OMR. After more than an hour of the exam conducted, some unscrupulous elements made it viral and created hullabaloo of question being leaked. Hence, this allegation of question paper leak is also a practical joke.”