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By Express News Service Published: 07th April 2009 02:55 AM Last Updated: 15th M ay 2012 09:12 PM
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CHENNAI: Rahul Gandhi appears to have been economical with the truth on his affidavit while filing his election nomination papers in Amethi this weekend. In the affidavit, he states that he obtained an MPhil from Trinity College of the University of Cambridge, UK, in 1995, in Developmental Economics. A certificate from the University shows that not only has he got dates wrong, he has even got the name of the course he took incorrect. Worse, the man touted as a future prime minister failed one of his four papers. Rahul got 58 per cent in National Economic Planning and Policy (according to the grading scale given in the certificate, 60 per cent is the minimum for a pass). The certificate, shown alongside, was issued a year ago by Diana Kazemi, the secretary of the department of Development Studies (and not Developmental Economics) in which Rahul Gandhi studied. He enrolled under the name Raul Vinci, a pseudonym given by the British authorities in a common practice as there are a good number of VVIP wards from around the world enrolled at British educational institutions. The pseudonym came to light during the 2004 elections in the Telegraph and the Hindu. According to the University, Rahul read for the MPhil in 2004- 05, and not in 1994-95, as stated in his affidavit. His affidavits other claim, to have obtained his Bachelors from Rollins College in Florida, USA, is true (and is a departure from earlier claims by supporters that he graduated from Harvard). He also briefly attended

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St Stephens College in Delhi, gaining admission through the sports quota. His mother (and Congress president) Sonia Gandhi was also in a minor controversy in 2004 over her educational qualifications. Her nomination papers affidavit claimed she obtained a certificate in English from Lennox Cook School, University of Cambridge, in 1965. After it was revealed that the school had no affiliation to the University, Sonia claimed that the error on the affidavit was the result of a secretarial typing mistake.
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Excellent from non paid media like others paidmedia.
Posted by Thakur Naveen Salaria at 04/09/2013 15:47 Reply to this Report abuse

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Both mother and son to be disqualified due to false affidavit.Is the election commission has not have any machinary to verify the truth?
Posted by anilkumar at 04/09/2013 23:12 Reply to this Report abuse

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Both mother and son' educational qualifications were exposed by Dr Subramanya Swamy long back. The media turned a blind eye then. Both have sworn falsely and Swamy had demanded action back then. Thank God at least now Express has displayed guts to publish this. God knows how many more skeletons this family has in its closet carefully protected.
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