UPSC row: Government has taken best possible steps, says BJP

NEW DELHI: Blaming previous UPA Government for row over the UPSC issue, BJP today said the Narendra Modi government has taken best possible steps it could have under the given circumstances.

Stating that there is no confusion on the issue, BJP blamed Congress and some other Opposition parties for creating confusion for "political reasons".

"The issue of CSAT is neither the contribution of BJP government nor Narendra Modi. This is the contribution of the previous government led by Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi.

But Modi government is sensitive and honest. That is why, whatever the problems and challenges were there...to bring about a solution, he (Modi) has started working towards it. In the present circumstances, the best possible way that was possible has been taken," BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told reporters.

He said that the respect for Indian languages has been there earlier, it is there presently and will remain in the future and the BJP government is committed towards it.

"Whatever the government has done till now, we think, agitation should not be done. It gives a wrong message. There is no confusion on the issue. The only confusion is because some of our friends in Congress party and a few other opposition parties are creating it due to political reasons," he told reporters during the sidelines of a seminar on youth's role in corruption-free democracy.

The ongoing row over the UPSC issue escalated today with Opposition parties disrupting Parliament demanding a statement from Prime Minister Narendra Modi even as scores of UPSC aspirants continued their protests pressing for scrapping CSAT.

The Opposition made a strong pitch for setting up of a Joint Parliamentary Committee(JPC) to probe the matter, saying it involved the career of lakhs of students.

Naqvi said, "The changes that has taken place in the UPSC examinations should not have happened. The government has given its statement in Parliament."