New Delhi: As civil service aspirants scaled up their protests, the Centre on Friday said it will not allow any injustice to students on the basis of language in UPSC exams after the issue rocked Parliament where the Opposition demanded a solution within a clear timeframe.
The assurance from minister of state for personnel Jitendra Singh came in the Rajya Sabha after members expressed serious concern over the ongoing agitation of UPSC aspirants protesting the new Civil Services exam pattern and demanded cancellation of the exam scheduled on August 24.
Members, cutting across party lines, demanded a timeline for resolution of the issue and expressed dissatisfaction with the minister’s reply. They said the minister had in a statement sometime back assured that the problem will be resolved within a week, but appears helpless in doing so. Mr Singh said the issue of admit cards is not linked to the exam pattern and it will have no bearing on the government’s decision, as it was being done as per the UPSC schedule.
“Government is not in favour of any injustice to students on the basis of language,” Mr Jitendra Singh told the House, adding he has asked the committee to hand over the report within a week.”
Allaying their apprehensions on the issue, the minister said, “The issue of admit cards is not in any way going to influence the decision to be taken by the government.”
