Overview
- The Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment and Promotion Board ordered an inquiry into the Hindi question and said accountability will be fixed after the probe.
- Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath told all recruitment boards to keep papers free of disrespectful references to any community and to blacklist habitual offender paper setters, with these conditions added to MoUs.
- Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak called the question absolutely unacceptable and said strict action would follow once the investigation concludes.
- The National Human Rights Commission initiated action on a complaint, with member Priyank Kanoongo terming the portrayal of the word “Pandit” as opportunist condemnable.
- A complainant sought an FIR at Hazratganj police station as the two‑day SI recruitment exam continued statewide under established security protocols.