Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav demanded that students should be vaccinated against COVID-19 before board exams are conducted. "Pehle tika, fir pariksha (First vaccination, then examination). No examination without vaccination," Akhilesh Yadav tweeted. In April, the CBSE cancelled the Class 10 board exams and postponed the Class 12 board exams amid the COVID-19 surge.