Smriti Irani as HRD Minister The demoralised Congress is looking fo early issues to resurrect their sagging fortunes. The tone and tenor of remark by a defeated candidate is absolutely debased, impolite and in poor taste, The leaders of Congress realising their folly have tried to assuage the hurt feelings to some extent
The Constitution does not impose any qualification either on M.P`s or MLA`s or Ministers at any level.If degree is the sole barometer of intelligence and capacities and assumption, then by that logic, Indira Ghandi, Kamraj, Rajeev Gandhi, who occupied high constitutional posts did not possess University degrees and yet they have delivered. Some individuals have been privileged with educational facilities, The free and compulsory education was aimed to nip this disadvantage in the bud It would be just and fair to wait for unfolding of vision of HRD Minister, her directions and views and laying of road map rather than pre judging her. It is no secret that much of the spade work is done by Secretaries and Officials in charge of the Ministries, with inputs from the party. What is the matter of real concerns and embarrassment for the party and to herself is her contradictory affidavits on dates and educational qualifications. The sooner she clarifies, it will lay the issue to rest. We are in a country, where citizens are unable to complete much neglected primary education and hence the emphasis should be on basic primary, functional Education as the priority. Mrs Smriti Irani has been very articulate, convincing, pleasant, well prepared with fairly good command of English language in defending her party and demolishing elegantly the criticism elegantly without rancour, Her past, education ,acting, employment, phenomenal jump in income cannot be used to discredit her .To impute motives to the P.M on her selection is patently unfair and worst still conjectures on her elevation. It is certainly not a reward for lost elections and taking on unsuccessfully the scion of Gandhi family There are many among politicians who swear doctored affidavits and which escape scrutiny. Hence everyone else must be subjected to the same degree of scrutiny like Mrs Irani It is an open secret that many .Politicians to bolster their image acquire degrees, doctorates through correspondence courses even answered, written by ghost writers for a fee, But they do not openly flaunt their qualifications for fear of being exposed In our own state ever since the Liberation of Goa, Ministers of Education, without specifically naming them have had no degrees or worthy qualifications and primary education to occupy the posts, The Educational portfolio was not much in demand as the choice and hence thrust on someone, indicative of the relevance of the Education Ministry .The Govt. of India should have had a separate Ministry of education and increase in GDP share allocation to the education but no one talks in such terms. The now decimated Congress has to find better issues to be in the lime light and to demonstrate their existence with a hope of bouncing back to power Nelson Lopes Chinchinim