“These photos indicate that the State government and BJP leaders were directly involved in the irregularities,” alleged BJD students’ wing president Ipsita Sahoo, seeking a CBI probe. High-ranking officials of the State government and BJP leaders were backing the racket that sabotaged the examination,” she alleged. State Congress spokesperson Bibhuti Mohapatra alleged that the son of a former senior police officer is among the arrested aspirants. “Therefore, we suspect that senior officials and BJP leaders are involved in the racket,” he said. State BJP president Manmohan Samal rejected the allegations, maintaining that the State government believes in transparency and therefore postponed the examination.