We'll meet Prez, Home Minister over exam results row: Dattatreya

Hyderabad: A delegation of Telangana BJP leaders would meet President Ram Nath Kovind and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh in Delhi on May 7 and 8 and raise the issue of the alleged goof-up in the declaration of results of intermediate examinations in the State.

Announcing this to reporters here on Sunday, senior BJP leader Bandaru Dattatreya said the Telangana Rashtra Samithi government has been trying to hush up the failure of the Board of Intermediate Education (BIE) and has dared not to blacklist the private firm which handled the examination results.

Moreover, Dattatreya said Education Minister G Jagadeeshwar Reddy had not been sacked over the alleged fiasco and accused Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao of trying to save all those involved in the alleged bungling of the results.

About 9.74 lakh students had appeared for the exam in March this year and 3.28 lakh of them had failed, according to official sources.

The BJP has claimed that over 25 students killed themselves since the declaration of results on April 18.

The alleged bungling by BIE in the announcement of results led to widespread protests by students, their parents, students organisations and political parties. Some students claimed they secured poor marks despite being meritorious.

"Telangana BJP president K Laxman had taken up five-day long indefinite fast seeking justice for the intermediate students, but the government has not responded," Dattatraya said.

He sought to know as to why the Chief Minister was going back on initiating action against those who committed the alleged goof-up.

Dattatreya further said the BJP's struggle seeking justice for the students would intensify.

"A total of 26 students has committed suicide, but the State government has not taken the matter seriously. Hence, we have decided to take forward the issue with the central government," he said.

A memorandum would also be submitted to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)seeking necessary action in this regard, Dattatraya said.

Meanwhile, it was learned that the opposition parties in the State - Congress, CPI and TJS - would stage a protest here over the examination results issue on May 11.