New Delhi, March 19 -- Union Minister of State for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, Jitendra Singh, on Wednesday said that the four astronauts selected for Gaganyaan have been kept out of the public glare to ensure that there were no distractions, as they were undergoing certain acclimatisation and training programmes.

Singh was responding to a question on these astronauts were kept away from the public eyes during the Question Hour.

"It was a view that giving too much exposure to the media and the public might cause a distraction which may not be in the compatible interest of all," he said.

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