New Delhi: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra Friday targetted BJP MP Nishikant Dubey and questioned the authenticity of his instructional {qualifications} as per the affidavits submitted to the Election Fee (EC).
In response, Dubey stated Delhi College (DU) doesn’t reply to RTIs and shared an EC doc which quashed the matter, when it was earlier flagged by Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and one other petitioner, Vishnu Kant Jha. Dubey is a Lok Sabha MP from Godda in Jharkhand.
Sharing a sequence of tweets Friday, Moitra claimed that throughout the Lok Sabha polls of 2009 and 2014, Dubey’s affidavit talked about ‘half time MBA from Delhi College’ as one in all his {qualifications}. She additional shared an RTI which acknowledged the purported reply of DU which claimed that no such candidate was admitted or handed out throughout the educational yr in 1993.
The TMC MP additional tweeted that within the affidavit throughout the 2019 elections, Dubey made no point out of the MBA diploma and solely talked about a PhD diploma from Pratap College, Rajasthan. She then shared a doc of his PhD utility and stated he omitted the DU’s MBA diploma and, as an alternative, talked about that he had an MBA diploma from Pratap College itself, which was from the 2013-2015 session.
Moitra’s remarks got here after Dubey urged the Lok Sabha Privilege Committee to terminate Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s Lok Sabha membership over the primary a part of his speech on the Adani-Hindenburg case throughout the Price range session of Parliament.
“I’m very eager to see Hon’ble Member’s attendance report at Pratap College for full time MBA 2013-15 given he was full time MP then & match with LS attendance & constituency visits (sic),” she tweeted, whereas pointing in direction of a spelling mistake in Pratap College’s diploma.
“Individuals who reside in glass homes shouldn’t throw stones. And individuals who have faux levels & have lied on affidavits ought to positively not throw the rule e-book (sic),” she stated in another tweet.
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Responding to Moitra’s allegations, Dubey shared two paperwork — an Election Fee doc which refused to proceed additional on the matter of his diploma and the Supreme Court docket dismissing the particular go away petition towards the Jharkhand Excessive Court docket’s order on quashing the FIR towards him on faux levels
“This order of the Honorable Supreme Court docket, together with the Election Fee, who accepted that I’ve a level and in addition a certificates to ship you to Agra, is heart-wrenching and stunning for the girl MP from Bengal… (sic),” Dubey responded in a tweet orginally posted in Hindi.
This isn’t the primary time Dubey has been within the information concerning his levels. In July 2020, Hemant Soren, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief, had accused the Godda MP of acquiring a faux administration diploma from the Delhi College. In the meantime, Jha had lodged a police criticism in Deoghar towards the BJP MP, on the idea of which the Jharkhand Police registered an FIR and began an investigation towards him.
On 7 February, Dubey had moved a privilege discover towards Rahul Gandhi contending that the Congress chief’s remarks have been obtainable on his and Congress’ official YouTube channels despite being expunged by the Lok Sabha Speaker. The BJP additionally demanded termination of Rahul’s Lok Sabha membership.
(Edited by Tony Rai)
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