After Dharmendra Pradhan, Shweta Tiwari Wants CJP To Seek Punjab Edu Minister’s Exit: Why Did He Offer To Resign 3 Days Ago?

Published 26 July 2026 · india

After Dharmendra Pradhan, Shweta Tiwari Wants CJP To Seek Punjab Edu Minister’s Exit: Why Did He Offer To Resign 3 Days Ago? Published By, Last

After Dharmendra Pradhan, Shweta Tiwari Wants CJP To Seek Punjab Edu Minister’s Exit: Why Did He Offer To Resign 3 Days Ago? Published By, Last Updated: July 26, 2026, 15:47 IST Why Shweta Tiwari is demanding Punjab Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains's resignation: News18 explains pharmacy exam scam amid Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation Rapid Read Shweta Tiwari, Dharmendra Pradhan, Harjot Singh Bains. (File) Two days before Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan stepped down over NEET-UG paper leak protests, Punjab Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains had offered to resign. Following Pradhan’s exit, actor Shweta Tiwari took a public jibe at the protesting platform Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), demanding to know when they would picket Punjab over its own high-tech pharmacy examination cheating scandal. What is the controversy? News18 explains. WHAT IS THE PUNJAB PHARMACY EXAM SCAM? The Punjab Pharmacy Exam Scam refers to a high-tech cheating operation busted on 19 July 2026 during the Pharmacy Officer Recruitment Examination conducted by Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS). Rather than an institutional “pre-exam leak" where papers are stolen days in advance, this scam utilized a “live breach" system to compromise the test in real time.

The exact mechanics of how this live breach worked include The Live Breach System Architecture Step 1: The Camera Pen Capture: Inside the examination halls (across locations like Faridkot, Kotkapura, and Ferozepur), designated candidates used covert smart pens equipped with micro-cameras. Minutes after the exam commenced (between 11:10 AM and 11:25 AM), they used these pens to photograph the active question paper and transmit the images out via WhatsApp. Step 2: The Interstate Control Rooms: The images were routed to handlers outside the venue. A primary control room was operated from a residence in Faridkot by alleged mastermind Gurmeet Singh. The papers were forwarded to accomplices and professional “solvers" stationed in areas like Bhiwani, Haryana. Step 3: The Live Dictation Feed: After solvers quickly cracked the objective-type questions, a live cellular or radio link was maintained with candidates inside. Candidates initiated a hidden call to a handler, whispered their specific question paper set code, and received the answers live through micro Bluetooth earpieces hidden deep inside ears, turbans, or stitched into undergarments. Scale & Subsequent Law Enforcement Actions Punjab Police and BFUHS flying squads detected the real-time transmissions, leading to the arrest and detention of 35 individuals (7 kingpins/organizers and 28 cheating candidates).