New Delhi, May 28 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday intensified his attack on Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over discrepancies in the CBSE On-Screen Marking (OSM) evaluation process, accusing him of being "complicit" and saying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should have removed him from office if he truly cared about students.

In a post on X, Gandhi questioned the awarding of the CBSE OSM contract to COEMPT, a company he claimed was previously embroiled in controversy under its former name, Globarena.

"Dharmendra Pradhan ji, 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," Gandhi wrote.

He further asked, "Why was the C...