Kejriwal questions Modi’s educational status, says it is imperative for a Prime Minister to be highly educated
The Hindu
Mr. Kejriwal said being illiterate or semi-literate was not a crime but the Prime Minister of a country needs to be highly educated.
Barely 48 hours after the Gujarat High Court fined him ₹25,000 for seeking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s degrees, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal questioned the former’s educational status at an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) rally in Guwahati on Sunday.
He also criticised Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma for the lack of governance and failure to “even conduct” class 10 exams smoothly in the State.
Addressing AAP supporters along with Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Mr. Kejriwal said being illiterate or semi-literate was not a crime but the Prime Minister of a country needs to be highly educated.
“I have heard our Prime Minister saying that he has not studied beyond his village school. Ordinary people may have reasons to be illiterate or poorly educated but not the Prime Minister who has to take a lot of important decisions,” he said.
Otherwise, “bad decisions” like demonetisation happen, which play with the lives of people, he added.
The Delhi Chief Minister advised Mr. Sarma to be true to the “Assamese culture of hospitality” and learn how to run a government properly.
The All-India level NEET examination was started a few years ago to counter complaints of corruption during the joint entrance examinations held at the State level. AIDSO had warned the authorities that the solution to the menace of corruption was not changing the examination system, but to investigate the corruption and punish the guilty.
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