In a post on social media, Gandhi termed the government action as a “cover-up”, reiterating his demand for the dismissal of the Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. His comments came after CBSE chairman Rahul Singh and secretary Himanshu Gupta were transferred by the government.

Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk announced on social media handles about his next move. He said, on Tuesday, that he will be part of the Cockroach Janta Party protest call on June 6 if the government takes no action by June 5, Friday.

Prashant Sitaram Lokhande is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the AGMUT cadre from 2001 batch. Before being appointed the CBSE chairman, he was posted as additional secretary in the union ministry of home affairs (MHA).