CBSE paper leak: Raj Thackeray appeals to students to boycott re-exam

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) supremo Raj Thackeray made a controversial entry into the furore surrounding the CBSE paper leak on Friday as he issued a call for students to boycott the re-exams that have been announced by the board.
 
Launching a full-tilt attack at the central government, Thackeray said,

"Paper leak is the fault of the government. Instead of accepting their mistake, why are they forcing students to give re-exam."

"If the government isn't able to secure question papers then it's not a fault fo the students. Why should they give re-exam?"

"I appeal to all parents. Don't tell your son or daughter to give re-exam."

Re-examinations are to be held for the Class X Mathematics paper and the Class XII Economics paper after the CBSE announced on Wednesday that the examinations' integrity had been compromised. The dates for the re-exams are to be announced on Friday. Students have been protesting against the leak en masse in Delhi.

Meanwhile, Republic TV learnt that the Crime branch has communicated with Google on the matter. 

Google has been written to in order to ascertain information about the email that was sent to the CBSE chairperson tipping-off the board about the paper leak. The email had reportedly been sent from a Gmail account and contained 12 images of handwritten question papers as attachments. 

The email was allegedly received the night before the CBSE Class X exam, i.e. late on Tuesday night / early on Wednesday morning. The sender had requested that the exam be cancelled, claiming the paper had been leaked. This information came to light in the second FIR in the case.

However, CBSE officials told Republic that they couldn't cancel the Mathematics exam as they feared a law and order situation.