India edn min faces 'fake' degree charge

AFP, NEW DELHI: A Delhi court agreed yesterday to hear a complaint alleging that India's education minister lied about her college degree, triggering calls for her resignation.
The petition claims federal Education Minister Smriti Irani made contradictory declarations about her college degree in different years to electoral authorities.
The complaint says that in 2004 Irani said she had an arts degree, but in 2014 she claimed she had pursued a degree in commerce.
“Cognisance is taken. The matter now be fixed for pre-summoning evidence on August 28,” judge Akash Jain said, according to PTI.
The allegation against Irani comes just weeks after Delhi's law minister, Jitendra Singh Tomar, resigned and was arrested on suspicion of faking his law degree.

India edn min faces fake degree charge

AFP, NEW DELHI: A Delhi court agreed yesterday to hear a complaint alleging that Indias education minister lied about her college degree, triggering calls for her resignation. The petition claims federal Education Minister Smriti Irani made contradictory declarations about her college degree in different years to electoral authorities. The complaint says that in 2004 Irani said she had an arts degree, but in 2014 she claimed she had pursued a degree in commerce. Cognisance is taken. The matter now be fixed for pre-summoning evidence on August 28, judge Akash Jain said, according to PTI. The allegation against Irani comes just weeks after Delhis law minister, Jitendra Singh Tomar, resigned and was arrested on suspicion of faking his law degree.