Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued a late night video message amid escalating protest against NEET-UG paper leak. The PM vowed that strict action will be taken against paper leaks in Friday’s Cabinet.

In the selfie video posted on by the PM on social media, he noted that paper leak is not an “ordinary issue”: “Mai jaanta hu ki paper leak koi mamuli vishya nahi hai. Laakho Vidyarthi aur unke abhibhavako ke liye bohot hi peedadayak hai. (Friends, I know that paper leak is not an ordinary issue. It is very painful for lakhs of students and their families.)”

The PM added, “Aur isiliyae paper leak ghatna se ab tak, pichle dhai mahino se anek kadam uthyae gae hai. (That is why many steps have been taken in the last two and a half months.) The culprits have been caught and are in jail.”

The Prime Minsiter added that the government’s most important responsibility was to ensure that not even a single year is wasted for students and hence it was very important to take the exams immediately.

PM Modi further said, “The government has now used its full power to arrange for the exams of at least 22 lakh students.