Rahul targets Centre over CBSE OSM row, alleges ‘fraud’ in scanning process

Key Takeaways

• Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Sunday (May 31, 2026) sharpened his attack on the Centre and the CBSE over the On-Screen Marking (OSM) controversy, alleging that changes in tender conditions had enabled irregularities in the scanning of answer sheets and describing the episode as a “fraud”.
• Gandhi also posted a video of his interaction with a group of students affected by the controversy, describing it as a “revealing chat with my fellow ‘anti-national Soros agents’.” In a post on X, Mr.
• Gandhi said the CBSE’s May 2025 tender required answer sheets to be scanned with automatic robotic scanners, spines preserved, at a minimum of 300 DPI.
• The tender re-issued in August removed all of it and scanners became generic and resolution dropped to 200 DPI, so that COEMPT can be chosen as the vendor, he alleged.
• CBSE's May 2025 tender required answer sheets to be scanned with automatic robotic scanners, spines preserved, at a minimum of 300 DPI.