The Maharashtra government's decision came two days after the Centre cancelled the Central Board of Secondary Education Class 12 board exams citing the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic.
The Central Board of Secondary Education class 12 sociology paper held on Wednesday asked students to name the party under which the 'anti-Muslim violence in Gujarat in 2002' took place, a question the board later said was 'inappropriate' and against its guidelines.
Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Gandhi demanded immediate withdrawal of the objectionable question and a review into the 'gravest lapse'.
The relaxation in the eligibility criterion pertaining to class 12 marks will be offered this year too, Nishank said.
The decision by the CISCE came after the central government announced cancelling the Central Board of Secondary Education Class 12 board exams following a high-level meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Students can access their results on the CBSE website 10 am onwards.
Of 387,774 students who appeared in the Senior School Certificate Examination across the country this year, 76 per cent passed, an increase of 2.41 per cent from last year.
"Considering request of Delhi government and to avoid inconvenience to students, staff and parents, the board has decided to postpone the exam for Class 12 in northeast part of Delhi," CBSE Secretary Anurag Tripathi said.
This year, the class 12 pass percentage stands at 92.71 per cent with 33,432 candidates having scored above 90 per cent and 1,34,797 above 95 per cent.
Sama Shabir Shah says she used to study outside Tihar Jail while waiting for hours to be allowed to meet her father.
There was also no fresh incident of violence and there is a heavy deployment of security personnel
The overall pass percentage was 83.01 per cent as against last year's 82.02 per cent.
The ministry had last week announced that the re-examination of the CBSE Class 12 economics paper would be held on April 25.
Hospital authorities said of the deceased at the GTB, at least nine received gun shots. One of the deceased is also a woman, they said.
Raksha Gopal scored 99.6 per cent to top the Central Board of Secondary Education's Class 12 results this year.
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