New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday said the transfer of the CBSE chairman and secretary is a “mere eyewash”, and demanded that Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan should immediately be sacked.

“The transfer of CBSE Chairman and Secretary is a mere eyewash. Modi ji should immediately sack Dharmendra Pradhan. Nothing less than that would provide a sense of justice to 18.5 lakh CBSE students,” Kharge said in a post on X.

“‘Big Breaking’ is not this whitewashing, the real news is Pradhan’s continuation despite all this!” the leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha added.

The Centre on Tuesday removed the two top Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) officials following alleged irregularities in the Class-12 digital evaluation system, and ordered a probe by a high-powered committee to investigate how the board procured these marking services.

An official said CBSE Chairman Rahul Singh and Secretary Himanshu Gupta have been transferred.

Subsequently, the Cabinet Secretariat, through a memorandum, announced the formation of a one-member committee to inquire into matters relating to the procurement of services for the on-screen marking (OSM) system by the CBSE.