Let Parliament and country be aware of PM Modi's academic qualification: Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should come forward to inform about his academic qualification and wondered what was the need to hide it.

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on April 3 said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should come forward to inform about his academic qualification and wondered what was the need to hide it.

The Rajya Sabha member said the PM's degree should be displayed at the entrance of the Parliament building. Let the lawmakers and the country be aware of his educational qualification, he added.

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Mr. Raut made the comments while talking to reporters in New Delhi, three days after the Gujarat High Court set aside an order of the Central Information Commission (CIC) asking the Gujarat University to provide information on PM Modi's degree to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

While noting that both Mr. Kejriwal and the CIC were "absolutely casual" in their approach, the court had also observed there was "indiscriminate misuse" of the RTI Act in this case.

Allowing the Gujarat University's appeal against the CIC order, Justice Biren Vaishnav had also imposed a cost of ₹25,000 on Mr. Kejriwal.

Mr. Raut on Monday said, “Narendra Modi sold tea at a railway platform and did his MA in Entire Political Science. The degree is historic and revolutionary. Display his degree at the grand entrance of the new Parliament building built by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.”