NEW DELHI, May 28 -- Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Rahul Gandhi have been engaged in a fierce public spat over the CBSE exam row, with Pradhan accusing Gandhi of politicising the issue and being frustrated and the Congress leader hitting back, asserting that attacking him would not absolve the union minister of his "crimes".
Pradhan's attack came after Gandhi alleged irregularities in the CBSE exam system and demanded an independent judicial probe and constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to unearth the truth behind the "entire scam".
He also alleged that a firm with a murky past in Telangana was handed the contract by CBSE for digital evaluation of answer books.
Targeting Gandhi, Pradhan said the Leader of Oppos...