'Downright disgusting': Rahul Gandhi terms CBSE question paper 'typical RSS-BJP ploy'

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi termed a CBSE class 10 question paper 'downright disgusting' and called it 'typical RSS-BJP ploy to crush the morale and future of the youth' after a passage triggered controversy for allegedly promoting 'gender stereotyping'.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday termed a Class 10 CBSE English question paper "downright disgusting" and called it "typical RSS-BJP ploy to crush the morale and future of the youth." Most #CBSE papers so far were too difficult and the comprehension passage in the English paper was downright disgusting.Typical RSS-BJP ploys to crush the morale and future of the youth.Kids, do your best.Hard work pays. Bigotry doesn’t. Unbelievable! Are we really teaching children this drivel?Clearly the BJP Government endorses these retrograde views on women, why else would they feature in the CBSE curriculum? @cbseindia29 @narendramodi?? pic.twitter.com/5NZyPUzWxz

Rahul Gandhi's tweet came after a question paper for the English exam conducted on Saturday had a comprehension passage with a sentence that read "emancipation of women destroyed the parent's authority over the children."