The Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) on Wednesday targeted the Maharashtra government over the alleged paper leak of Higher Secondary School (HSC) exams, saying a new trend of passing exams illegally has begun in the state.

An editorial in Saamana, the mouthpiece of Sena (UBT), said all results, right from the judiciary to the Election Commission, have been leaked, an indirect reference to the poll body's decision to allot the 'Shiv Sena' name and its 'bow-and-arrow' symbol to rival and Chief minister Eknath Shinde.