New Delhi: Responding to education minister Dharmendra Pradhan's reaction to his charges on the CBSE examination issues, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi once again asked why a questionable firm was given the CBSE OSM contract.ALSO READ | Class 12 Board exams: Some discrepancies in CBSE's On Screen Marking, will be rectified, says minister Pradhan"Dharmendra Pradhanji, you can attack me all you want but it won't absolve you of your crimes. Nor will it stop me from demanding answers for 18.5 lakh children. Why was the CBSE OSM contract handed to COEMPT - a company already mired in controversy under its old name, Globarena? On whose orders was it done? Why were no background checks done? What is the connection between COEMPT's management and the Modi government? Either you ran a background check and went ahead anyway - or you didn't run one at all. Either way, you are complicit. As for responsibility, if the PM cared, he should have sacked you long ago for ruining the futures of lakhs of students," Gandhi said in a social media post.
‘Why a questionable firm was given the CBSE OSM contract’: Rahul Gandhi seeks answers from Education Minister
Rahul Gandhi intensified his attack on education minister Dharmendra Pradhan over issues in CBSEs On Screen Marking (OSM) system, questioning why the contract was awarded to Coempt, formerly known as Globarena, despite past controversies linked to the firm. In a social media post, Gandhi asked whether proper background checks were conducted and alleged that the government was complicit either way.
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Rahul Gandhi presses India's Education Minister on why CBSE's On Screen Marking contract went to COEMPT (ex-Globarena), a firm already mired in controversy, affecting 1.85M students. The episode signals a procurement governance failure: a critical national exam platform deployed without vendor due diligence.
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