KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress MP and president of the party's youth wing

on Tuesday questioned the language options provided for the

(

) by the National Testing Agency (NTA).

JEE is conducting the exam in Hindi,

and Gujarati across India, which has created a stir.

Saying that any linguistic discrimination is "unconstitutional", Banerjee has demanded that the JEE (Mains) 2020 should be conducted in all the regional languages.

CPM leader Dr Sujan Chakraborty also questioned the NTA's decision of conducting the exam in three languages - English, Hindi and Gujarati.

Adding that the policy of regional discrimination must be scrapped, Chakraborty said, "Bengal has twice, Maharashtra thrice the number of examinees than that of Gujrat. How then?"

Congress Rajya Sabha MP Pradip Bhattacharya also criticised the move and said, "This has been done to create the Gujarati dominance."

BJP MP

also called the move "bizarre" and said, "If Gujarati (apart from English & Hindi) is allowed for JEE, why should other regional languages be excluded? I urge the HRD ministry to intervene immediately & stop this blatant discrimination."

The notification of JEE 2020 states that candidates will have to opt language of the question paper while filling up the online application form.