Frequent leaks of question papers in UP shatters candidates' hopes

Last week's leakage of the question papers for recruitment tests for tubewell operators has left the aspirants a shattered lot, cursing their luck and the state, which, they say, is gaining "notoriety" due to the frequent leaks of papers over the years.

"Our state appears to be gaining notoriety due to the frequent leaks of question papers for various competitive examinations for the government jobs," said a harried Himanshu Kumar (name changed on request), who was to take the test for recruitment of the tubewell operators on Sunday.

Kumar had come to Lucknow with his friend Mahendra Singh (name changed) from Faizabad, braving inclement weather, to take the test
Lamenting over the development, Kumar said, "All my efforts have gone in vain... another year has been lost due to the question paper leakage. I was quite confident of clearing it. But the paper leakage has dashed my hopes."