Members of Parliament discussed the government's planned proposal to urge the Union Public Service Commission to postpone the civil services preliminary examination citing lack of clarity on the syllabus, despite an uproar from certain quarters of the House on Wednesday.
However, Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh made a statement in the Lok Sabha and assured that no candidate will be discriminated on the basis of language. But, Members of Parliament (MPs) belonging to Uttar and Bihar rejected his statement and demanded a discussion on it.
Union Minister of Human Resource Development Smriti Irani spent a considerable amount of time responding to various queries related to the issue, and made an effort to clarify the government's exact stand.
Students have been protesting against the exam saying there is a need to change the second paper as it makes it difficult for people coming from rural areas of Hindi-speaking states to crack the exam.
The students argue that the questions asked in language comprehension skills are asked in English and no Hindi translations are provided. They want this to be changed.