Government has appealed to civil services aspirants of UPSC agitating on the CSAT issue to observe restraint and keep patience as the issue is being looked into.

Speaking to reporters outside Parliament House today, Minister of State for Personnel, Jitendra Singh said, there will be no discrimination on the basis of language. He said, the Prime Minister and other senior Cabinet Ministers are concerned over the issue and hoped that it will be resolved soon.

BSP Chief Mayawati expressed concern over the delay in resolving the issue. She said, the government had given an assurance to Parliament that the students' concerns will be taken care of soon.

The ongoing agitation by UPSC aspirants demanding the scrapping of the Civil Services Aptitude Test figured in the Lok Sabha today. Members belonging to Samajwadi Party and RJD raised the issue during the question hour.

As soon as the House met for the day, the members tried to raise the issue demanding suspension of the question hour.

However, Speaker Sumitra Mahajan refused to allow them saying that she will permit them during Zero Hour. Then the agitating members trooped into the well of the House in support of their demand. Amidst din, Mulayam Singh Yadav asked the government to promote national languages.

The Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 12 noon as members belonging to Congress, JD(U) and SP demanded a statement by the Prime Minister over yesterday's lathi charge on UPSC aspirants in Delhi. Earlier the house was adjourned on the same issue for 15 minutes.