Even as BJP MPs too appealed to the government to ensure that Hindi-speaking students do not suffer, opposition members demanded a clarification in the House from PM Narendra Modi.
Minister of state for personnel Jitendra Singh sought to calm frayed tempers, saying the government would not discriminate against those taking exams in any regional language and added that the 3-member panel looking into the issue had been asked to give a report within a week.
"Government is not in favour of any injustice to students on the basis of language," Singh told the House.
MPs cutting across party lines demanded a timeline for resolution of the issue and raised concern over the falling success rate of language students in Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exam. JD(U)'s Sharad Yadav alleged that regional language students are facing discrimination in UPSC exams. Yadav said the success rate of those taking the exams in English had doubled in recent times even as it was going down for those appearing in regional languages. MPs said the minister had in a statement sometime back assured that the problem will be resolved within a week but nothing had been done.
Singh said the fact that online admit cards had been issued was 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.
Allaying their apprehensions on the issue, he said, "The issue of Admit cards is not in any way going to influence the decision to be taken by the government. The cards have not been issued by us, but by the UPSC, which follows a calender. The issuance of admit cards, I can assure you, is not going to influence the further course of action''.
Soon after the upper House assembled for the day, Congress, SP, DMK and others raised the issue, but Chairman Hamid Ansari asked them to maintain silence for making a reference to the tragic incident in Telangana on Thursday in which 14 students were killed.
M S Gill of Congress though struck a discordant note when he said that India had 22 recognised languages and it may not be possible to conduct exams in 500'' languages. I have sympathies with the minister...Do not make political points," Gill said drawing angry reactions from members of other parties especially Naresh Agrawal of Samajwadi Party who asked whether what Gill was saying was the stand of Congress.
Leader of the Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad, however, made it clear that when MPs speak in the House, they air their personal views and not that of the party. Satyavrat Chaturvedi of Congress said it was shameful that Indians relied so much on a foreign language.
The CSAT issue caused ruckus in Lok Sabha on Friday with RJD and Samajwadi Party MPs storming the well of the house shouting slogans as soon as the house began. The MPs were also protesting against the lathicharge on protesting students and alleged molestation of some women during the protests.
Even Mulayam Singh Yadav rose from his seat and said the whole issue was an insult to Indian languages. Bihar MPs Ranjita Ranjan and Pappu Yadav said that in CSAT - II the Hindi papers were in such tough language that even a scholar would find difficult to understand. "And when students can't understand them, they are asked to refer to English," Ranjan said after she was allowed to speak by the Speaker.
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