PM Modi had declared while contesting the 2014 national election that he has a BA degree from the Delhi University and a Master's from the Gujarat University. (File photo)
Three Aam Aadmi Party leaders today met Delhi University authorities to seek proof of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's graduation degree and claimed that the varsity asked them to approach the Prime Minister's Office for the information.
While the Vice Chancellor Yogesh Tyagi did not comment on today's meeting, he maintained that the university's RTI department is looking into the issue.
The AAP leaders' visit to the university came a week after the Central Information Commission directed the Delhi University and Gujarat University to provide the information to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who had recently criticised the functioning of the transparency panel.
Gujarat University had on Sunday said PM Modi had a Masters degree and had scored 62.3 per cent as an external student of the varsity.
The party leaders including Ashutosh, Raghav Chadha and Ashish Khetan had gone to the DU this afternoon with an authorisation letter from the Chief Minister to collect the information.
After nearly an hour-long meeting with DU Registrar Tarun Das and Chief Public Information Officer Meenakshi Sahay, the leaders claimed that the administration refused to share any details and asked them to approach Prime Minister's Office instead.
After the meeting, Mr Khaitan told reporters, "We met the Registrar and sought information about PM's degree but the administration refused to share any details. Investigations have revealed that his degree is fake, he never enrolled here, gave any exam or got any graduation degree from here and if there wasn't a BA degree, there is no possibility of him having a valid MA degree".
"Since past two years, DU has not been able to find information about his degree or admission and despite the CIC order they asked us to approach PMO if we wanted to see his degree," he added.
DU Vice Chancellor told Press Trust of India, "The university's department dealing with RTIs is looking into the issue and will reply accordingly."