Times of India: New Delhi: Thursday,
April 14, 2016.
Delhi
University has declined to give information under RTI related to PM Narendra
Modi's bachelor of arts degree. The university cited inability to find
information without a roll number as reason for the denial. The plea was
accepted by the central information commission (CIC), which has dismissed the
case.
According to
his election affidavit, he completed a distance education course from DU in
1978. His subject is said to have been Political Science.
This is not
the first time details of Modi's educational qualifications have been sought,
and denied, under RTI. Earlier, Gujarat University refused to make information
related to the PM's masters degree public, saying that the marksheet and other
details were personal information. An RTI plea was also filed with the PMO on
his MA degree. It was turned down because authorities said that they did not
have the information.
Delhi
resident Hans Raj Jain had sought information on how many persons bearing the
name of "Mr. Narendra Modi" had passed BA in 1978 as external
students. According to the order given by information commissioner Sridhar
Acharyulu, the chief public information officer said that admission is given
based on a candidate's roll number and the university would have to manually
search for the candidate's name, which was impossible.
"Moreover
the information sought is too general as he (applicant) wanted to know details
of all candidates bearing name starts with letters M (Modi) & N
(Narendra)," Acharyulu said.
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