Sharad Pawar, Others Slam AAP's "Show Your Degree" Campaign

While several opposition leaders including Arvind Kejriwal and Uddhav Thackeray have questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his college degree. Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar has criticised those who have been raising the issue of educational qualification of leaders at a time when the country faces bigger problems that need attention. Mr Pawar, while responding to a question to reporters on Sunday, said matters like unemployment, law and order and inflation need attention and leaders may do well to desist from going after issues that can wait or are even non-issues. Now, Rashtriya Lok Dal's Jayant Chaudhary has tweeted calling it elitist - his tweet says: "I have an MSC degree, my father was an #IITian & my grandfather wrote economic treatise on sustainable & equitable development. But I feel this particular political campaign focused on educational qualifications is elitist & does not befit a party in power in 2 important states!"