Congress asks why PM protects Pradhan despite Education Ministry’s ‘incompetence and corruption’

Key points

• The Congress on Wednesday (June 3, 2026) mounted a sharp attack on Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the controversy surrounding the Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE)On-Screen Marking (OSM) system, alleging that he was “shamelessly digging his heels in office” despite mounting evidence of “incompetence and corruption” in his Ministry.
• The transfer of the CBSE’s top leadership had failed to address the issue of accountability at the highest levels of the Education Ministry, Congress general secretary (communications) Jairam Ramesh said.
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• | Explained “The CBSE leadership may have been transferred out, but the Mantri Pradhan (Minister Dharmendra Pradhan) is shamelessly digging his heels in office even while evidence of his Ministry’s incompetence and corruption piles up,” Mr. Ramesh said in a post on social media platform X.
• Alleging that Mr. Pradhan headed a “corrupt, incompetent, and callous” Ministry, Mr. Ramesh referred...