Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday sharpened his attack on the Centre and the CBSE over alleged irregularities in the board's re-evaluation process, accusing the education system of being "financialised" and claiming students are being forced to pay for mistakes they did not make.

Sharing a video of his interaction with Class 12 students affected by the CBSE's On-Screen Marking (OSM) system, Rahul Gandhi alleged that students are being charged hefty fees simply to verify whether their answer sheets were evaluated correctly.

"Beware of pickpockets — today, they are sitting right inside the CBSE," Rahul Gandhi said in a post on X.

"If your marks are incorrect due to a CBSE error, what do you get?

A bill: Digital scanned copy: Rs 100 per subject.