'Gen Z will shatter PM Modi's arrogance': Rahul Gandhi slams Centre over CBSE OSM row

New Delhi: Amid claims of "wrongly" evaluating CBSE answer sheets surging on social media, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Monday came out in support of a 17-year-old boy who faced "anti-national" jibes from online trolls, saying that the Modi government fears the youth and Gen Z because they are now asking questions.

Rahul said on 'X' that the Modi-Shah duo has turned yet another institution into a "symbol of rigging" while a 17-year-old boy, whose answer sheet was wrongly evaluated, turned to social media in hope of justice but was abused online.

"But instead of help, he got abuse—BJP's IT cell branded him an 'Anti-National', called him a 'Soros agent', a part of the 'Deep State'. A 17-year-old boy raises his voice for his future, and BJP turns him into a traitor," he said.

For the first time in decades, he said "such serious questions" have been raised about the CBSE board exams. He said, "18.5 lakh children took the exam—and for a week now, complaints of OSM, wrong marking, and evaluation glitches have gone unheard, while the Education Minister clings to his chair."

"The truth is -- Modi government fears the youth and Gen Z, because they are now asking questions. And anyone who asks questions, this government defames, intimidates, crushes. But listen up, Mr. Modi—this very youth, this Gen-Z, will shatter your arrogance," he said.

A number of CBSE students, who appeared for final exams, have complained on 'X' that they have received wrong answer sheets in their names.

One of them Delhi-based Vedant posted on 'X' two papers with different handwriting under his name. "I am a CBSE Class 12 student. After receiving unexpectedly low marks in Physics, we applied for photocopies of my answer sheets through the CBSE reevaluation process. Today we received the copies. And I am shattered because the Physics answer sheet uploaded by CBSE is not mine," he claimed.

"The Physics answer sheet sent by CBSE is not my answer sheet at all. I know this is not my handwriting and it did not have the questions I attempted. Not just me — my family, teachers, and everyone who knows my writing immediately noticed the difference,” he said.

“We carefully compared the Physics copy with: my English answer sheet, my Computer Science answer sheet, my normal handwritten notes. The English and Computer Science copies clearly match each other. But the Physics copy looks like it belongs to another student entirely," he said.

However, he was trolled prompting his brother Sidhant Shrivastava to post on 'X', "I am the brother of Vedant and I am appalled by seeing how people are calling us Pakistani. Yes, Vedant did not have twitter because he was busy studying instead of tweeting and we made this account for tweeting his genuine issues because we could not apply for reevaluation."