‘Petty Action’: Congress on reports CBSE officials shunted out
Responding to the removal of the CBSE Chairman and Secretary from their posts, the Congress Party Tuesday June 02, 2026 called the move ‘petty actions’ and accused the Narendra Modi government of ‘throwing dust in people’s eyes’
[Congress party workers led by its students wing NSUI are protesting against the CBSE, Prime Minister Modi and Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan all across India. (Quality of NSUI image enhanced and size increased by Gemini AI.]
New Delhi: Responding to the removal of the CBSE Chairman and Secretary from their posts, the Congress Party Tuesday June 02, 2026 called the move ‘petty actions’ and accused the Narendra Modi government of ‘throwing dust in people’s eyes’.
"Reports are coming in that CBSE Chairman Rahul Singh and Secretary Himanshu Gupta are being removed... The Modi government is completely engaged in the act of throwing dust in people's eyes", the Congress Party wrote using the party's official X account @INCIndia.
The Congress comment was in response to the reports that CBSE chairman Rahul Singh and Secretary Himanshu Gupta were on Tuesday removed from the national educational board in the wake of alleged irregularities in the digital evaluation system for the class 12 examination process, officials said.
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) engulfed into a controversy after some class 12 students alleged that the scanned copies of their answer sheets uploaded by the board did not match their handwriting, raising concerns over possible answer-sheet mismatch in the On-Screen Marking (OSM) system, news agency PTI reported.
'More heads should roll'
The Congress in its response said that the Education Minister is accountable for the irregularities in the CBSE board exams and he should not remain on his post.
"The entire responsibility for the irregularities in CBSE lies with the Ministry of Education, and Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan is accountable for this", the Congress said.
"The contract to a corrupt company like COEMPT was awarded under the oversight of Dharmendra Pradhan and the Modi government. The Modi government cannot escape its accountability through these petty actions...
"Dharmendra Pradhan has no right to remain in his position... Narendra Modi should stop protecting him and dismiss him immediately", the Congress said.
Protests against CBSE
Meanwhile, the Congress party workers led by its students wing NSUI are protesting against the CBSE, Prime Minister Modi and Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan all across India. The protests against the Modi govenment and the CBSE were held in Bhopal, Jaipur, Lucknow, Kolhapur, Pune and other cities of India in the last few days. The protesters are demanding the resignation of PM Modi and Dharmendra Pradhan over paper leak and the CBSE 12th board exam Onscreen marking (OSM) system.
The Central Board of Secondary Education had conducted the Class 12th or Higher Secondary Board exams from February 17 to April 10, 2026. After successfully conducting the Class XIIth exam, the CBSE announced the 2026 board exam result on May 13, 2026. As per the CBSE 12th result data, the board had registered an overall pass percentage of 85.20% - over 3% less than 2025 when the pass percentage was 88.39%.
After the declaration of the 12th board exam result on May 13, 2026, a huge controversy was erupted after some students received wrong answer sheets. The portal launched for the post-result declaration activities also faced persistent technical glitches. Following this the website went off the air. After resolving the technical glitches, the CBSE re-launched the re-evaluation portal today.
The re-evaluation portal live, running smoothly
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Tuesday June 02, 2026 launched the re-evaluation portal for Class 12th Students but claimed the website faced cyber attacks soon later.
Despite malicious cyber attacks, the portal is live and running smoothly, the CBSE said.
“The CBSE revaluation portal is currently supporting over 8,000 concurrent users. As of 3:00 PM today, more than 16,000 students have successfully completed their submissions”, the CBSE said.
The CBSE further said that it is refining the platform, including extending session time limits to make the process more convenient and seamless, based on the feedback received from the students.
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