While responding to the criticism from various quarters for framing question in its Chartered Accountancy (CA) exam about “Namo and Raga” by asserting that the organisation has no political affiliations, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India ( ICAI ) clarified that it is an independent agency.
The ongoing examination for Chartered Accountants (CA), conducted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), has sparked a debate with the use of abbreviated names “Namo” and “Raga” of two of the country’s most recognisable political figures in a question paper. In the Advanced Accounting question paper on June 6, students were asked about the balance sheets of two companies namely Namo Ltd and Raga Ltd going for a merger.
This was followed by criticism as the institute is an independent body and not politically aligned to any party. Some made fun of the question on social media.
After the examination which was held on 6 June, the Congress party raised an objection by alleging that it was motivated by politics. As per Congress spokesperson Sachin Sawant, there was a “clear political agenda behind the question and there was no need to introduce political names in question papers”.
ICAI’s member of examination committee Dugesh Kabra in response dismissed the allegations of political agenda and asserted the non-political nature of ICAI. He though claimed that it was no possible to know the name of the individual who framed the question as it goes through multiple layers of processing.
