‘Mantri Pradhan’s Ministry of Scandals’: Congress flags CBSE answer sheets ‘data breach’

Key points

• The Congress on Sunday (May 31, 2026) flagged that the answer sheets of two million CBSE Grade 12 students have been shown to be available in the public domain and said it is a “data breach of monumental proportions” which compromises the privacy of the students.
• Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said the incompetence and callousness of COEMPT is once again exposed.
• “In today's developments on Mantri Pradhan's Ministry of Scandals, the answer sheets of 2 million CBSE Grade 12 students have been shown to be available in the public domain,” Mr. Ramesh said on X.
• “This is a data breach of monumental proportions and it compromises the privacy of 2 million students,” he said.
• The incompetence and callousness of COEMPT is once again exposed, Mr. Ramesh said, adding that this the very same company which the CBSE gave the contract to after fiddling with the technical specifications in the RFP,...