New Delhi, June 2 -- The transfer of the CBSE Chairperson and Secretary and the constitution of a one-member inquiry committee to probe alleged irregularities in the procurement of services for the Board's On-Screen Marking (OSM) system triggered a political storm on Tuesday, with opposition leaders demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and alleging an attempt to shield political accountability.

The Centre on Tuesday transferred Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Chairman Rahul Singh and Secretary Himanshu Gupta and ordered a time-bound inquiry into issues related to the procurement of services for the OSM system. The move comes amid growing scrutiny of CBSE's evaluation processes, reports of t...