Delhi University registrar defends Modi’s degree

PTI 14 May 2016

Downplaying allegations of glaring discrepancies, Delhi University last week said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BA degree as circulated by the Bharatiya Janata Party is “authentic” and it has all the relevant records relating to his graduation while terming as a “minor error” mention of 1979 in his degree when he passed a year earlier, reports PTI.

The clarification by Delhi University’s Registrar Tarun Das came amid the raging controversy over Modi’s educational qualifications with the Aam Aadmi Party, or AAP, continuing to question the genuineness of the BA degree.

“We have checked our records and it has been authenticated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s degree is authentic. He cleared the examination in 1978 and was awarded the degree in 1979,” Das said hours after an AAP delegation went to the university seeking details of the degree.
Full report on The Hindu site

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