NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the CBSE OSM controversy, stating that while the PM discussed various topics during his monthly radio address 'Mann Ki Baat', he remained silent on the 18.5 lakh children whose answer sheets were not assessed properly by CBSE.
In a post on X, the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha said, "This morning, the Prime Minister had time to speak about mangoes. He has not had time to speak about 18.5 lakh children whose answer sheets were scanned with phones. Dharmendra Pradhan ji still sits in office. Modi ji's silence is no longer indifference. It is complicity."
Targeting the government, the Congress member shared a video of his interaction with a group of students and added, "Vedant and his friends are brilliant, brave young Indians who asked CBSE and the Modi government simple questions - but got insults instead of answers."
Vedant, a Class 12 student, had recently alleged in a post on X that the Physics answer sheet uploaded by CBSE under the copy scanning process was not his. The post went viral, prompting several other students to come forward with similar claims on social media.
Meanwhile, veteran politician and Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh on Sunday claimed that answer sheets of CBSE Grade 12 students have been shown to be available in the public domain. He stated, "This is a data breach of monumental proportions and it compromises the privacy of 2 million students."
