Rahul Gandhi praised student whistleblowers Sarthak Sidhant and Nisarga Adhikary for exposing alleged irregularities in CBSE's on-screen marking system. He accused the government of discouraging critical thinking and renewed demands for action and an independent probe into the controversy
Nisarga Adhikary, a 19-year-old ethical hacker, claimed to have found serious vulnerabilities in CBSE's On-Screen Marking portal. CBSE denied any compromise, saying the cited portal was only a testing site and not used for live exam evaluations.