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Sharad Pawar: Someone’s educational degree can’t be a political issue.
Sharad Pawar, the leader of the Nationalist Congress Party, questioned on Sunday whether someone’s education degree can be a political issue in the country at a time when the country is dealing with unemployment, law and order issues, and inflation. The statement follows speculation sparked by his recent statement on Adani. The Aam Aadmi Party has raised the issue, and jailed AAP leader Manish Sisodia wrote a letter from Tihar saying that the country needs an educated person in the position of Prime Minister. The Gujarat high court overturned a 2016 order by the central information commissioner requesting that information about Modi’s university degrees be provided to AAP leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal under the right to Information Act. In response to Sharad Pawar’s stance on the degree controversy, BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla stated, “I wonder if some Congress leader, [Read More…]