Congress shouts over fire at Education Ministry office: “Very disturbing, very irritated,” says Jairam Ramesh | Today’s news
The fire that broke out at the education ministry office in central Delhi on Monday sparked a political reaction from the Congress, with senior leader Jairam Ramesh describing the incident as “very disturbing” and “very suspicious”.
“The reports of the fire in the offices of the Ministry of Education are very disturbing. It is also very dangerous,” Ramesh said in a post on social media, raising questions about the circumstances surrounding the fire.
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The fire broke out on the second floor of the Education Ministry office located in the School of Planning and Architecture (SPA) campus in Delhi’s ITO area. No injuries or casualties have been reported, according to officials.
So far, no injuries or casualties have been reported.
According to the Delhi Fire Service, an emergency call regarding the fire was received at 9:37 am. In response, eight fire engines were dispatched to the scene and contained the flames.
Fire Services is correcting the statement
However, later the Delhi Fire Service (DFS) corrected its original information about the fire at the Vikas Marg Department of Education office. The fire instead broke out at the School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), near Delhi’s ITO, according to updated information released by the DFS.
Previously, i.eLaunching a scathing attack on the Prime Minister Narendra-led Union government over the CBSE OSM controversy, the Congress party said that “Pradhan Mantri” was never known to hold himself or his colleagues to any standard of honesty or morality, but “Mantri Pradhan” should follow his “rajdharma” and resign.
Ramesh shared a media report about X and said that after denying cyber security vulnerabilities in his Label on the screen (OSM) for several weeks, the CBSE finally acknowledged that the system had been compromised.
Congress attacks PM
But what action does it plan to take against its supplier COEMPT, he asked, adding “not much”.
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COEMPT’s benefactors in CBSE and the Education Department seem to have assumed that COEMPT would not be up to the task, he said.
In its August 2025 RFP, CBSE retained the power to blacklist vendors who were unable to deliver effectively, Ramesh pointed out.
In September, the CBSE issued a correction that took away its power to blacklist these vendors, he said.
“This is an inexplicable, government-backed attempt to save COEMPT and it started even before COEMPT was officially awarded the contract,” Ramesh said in his post on X.
How much longer will the nation have to put up with a Mantri Pradhan whose ministry oversaw and enabled such incomprehensible irregularities in its selection processes that cost thousands of students their mental well-being, Ramesh asked, glancing at the Education Minister. Dharmendra Pradhan.
“Mantri Pradhan is the very epitome of arrogance and incompetence, he insists on putting his political agenda above any responsibility to the nation,” he said.
Several CBSE Class 12 students flagged cases of confusion after accessing the scanned copies uploaded on the portal and found that the answer sheets did not belong to them.
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CBSE later contacted them and shared their correct answer sheets. The board said it was taking up “highest priority” cases related to alleged mismatched answer sheets and other issues faced by students in the revaluation process.
Experts from IIT-Madras and IIT-Kanpur along with Digital Infrastructure Corporation of India (DICI), according to government sources, are reviewing the system and strengthening the integration of the portal and payment gateway.
The report of the fire in the offices of the Ministry of Education is very disturbing. It is also very fishy.
Coempt, the company that conducted OSM for the CBSE exam, came under fire from Gandhi, who claimed the firm was already mired in controversy under its old name Globarena.
