A day before the Karnataka Assembly polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief ministerial candidate BS Yeddyurappa is under fire for changing his statements on his educational qualification. According to Twitter users, Yeddyurappa had claimed in 2013 that he did BA from Mysore University. However, during the recently concluded campaign, he is learnt to have claimed that he studied till 12th standard only.
A Twitter user by the name Kashyap Nandan@kashyapnandan pointed out, “In 2013 @BSYBJP said he completed BA in Mysore University in 2018 @BSYBJP said he completed 12 standard.” Nandan also uploaded pictures highlighting Yeddyurappa’s claims.
In 2013 @BSYBJP said he completed BA in Mysore University in 2018 @BSYBJP said he completed 12 Standard.🤔🤔🤔🤔 pic.twitter.com/hDU77bsxqR
— kashyap Nandan (@kashyapnandan_) May 11, 2018
Another Twitter user, Unofficial Sususwamy @swamv39 posted, “Also in 2014, @BSYBJP’s highest education was Pre University Course from Govt College Mandya. Was it because he might have lost his Degree Certificate in 2014?”
In 2013 @BSYBJP's highest qualification was BA in Arts from Bangalore University.
In 2018 @BSYBJP's highest Education is Pre University Course from Govt College Mandya. #JaiHo pic.twitter.com/oXCLGw7Igg— Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) May 10, 2018
Prior to this, Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani allegedly furnished “false” information about her educational qualification to the Election Commission of India (ECI). She had filed three affidavits before the ECI with different details about her educational qualification. In her affidavit, she said that she had completed her BA in 1996 from Delhi University (school of correspondence), whereas in another affidavit, she claimed her highest educational qualification was B.Com part I from the School of Correspondence, DU.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s educational qualification is also under scanner. While contesting the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Modi said that he has a BA degree from Delhi University and a Master’s from Gujarat University. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has accused the Central Information Commission (CIC) of covering up the PM’s educational qualifications. The Delhi University had told the Delhi High Court that the varsity’s BA exam records of all its students of 1978 cannot be disclosed.