Kolkata: Amid a row over exams scheduled on the foundation day of the students' wing of West Bengal's ruling TMC, Calcutta University conducted B.Com, BA, B.Sc, and LLB tests smoothly on Thursday, a university official said.

Around 96% of students appeared for the exams, Calcutta University interim Vice-Chancellor Santa Dutta said. “Truth has triumphed today with 96 per cent of candidates appearing for the exams,” Dutta told reporters.

The university did not reschedule the fourth-semester exams despite repeated requests by the Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) to postpone the tests, arguing that August 28 marks the foundation day of the students' organisation. The interim VC added that neither the ruling party nor any other political party should make such requests to reschedule exam dates for their programmes in the future.

The examinations were held in two halves across 82 colleges in the state. In total, around 30,000 candidates appeared for Thursday's exams, the official said.