India, Dec. 22 -- Under 200 posts, over 8,000 candidates, where do you fit them all in one go? An airstrip. What sounds bizarre - and looks even more unbelievable in videos that have surfaced on social media - happened in Odisha, where thousands of candidates appeared for examinations for Home Guard posts recently and were made to sit, on the ground, at the Sambalpur airstrip for writing the exam.

The examination, videos of which have flooded social media, has also sparked a political slugfest, with the Trinamool Congress (TMC) slamming Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government in the state over employment issue.

The examination reportedly took place at the airstrip on December 16, with over 8,000 candidates having appeared for the sa...