Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister's Office (CMO) denied the news of conducting final year under-graduation and fourth semester of post-graduation exams online. This comes after a statement was issued from the Twitter handle of CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan. News came amid a row over the University Grants Commission ((UGC) order asking states & union territories to conduct final year examinations despite the COVID-19 pandemic. A tweet from the official social media handle of Chouhan had stated that the final year UG and PG exams would be conducted online. The tweet was shortly deleted, and the CMO subsequently denied the news. Maharashtra, Punjab, Odisha and union territory of Delhi have so far objected to the UGC ruling making final year exams mandatory. Final year exams, which were slated to be held in March-April, were deferred after the outbreak of COVID-19 in the nation.