Union human resource development minister Smriti Irani on Saturday appealed to the University of Delhi to reinstate the five officials suspended for allegedly leaking documents related to her educational qualifications.
BJP's Smriti Irani greets the audience after she takes oath of office at the presidential palace in New Delhi. (AP Photo)
The university had on Friday suspended the officials for allegedly accessing and leaking confidential documents relating to Irani.
"Since DU is an autonomous institution I have put forth my personal appeal to the VC to reinstate the officials," Irani tweeted.
"In public life one should be open to scrutiny and criticism. So am I," she added.
Reacting immediately to Irani's tweet, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh said: "Thanks Smriti for appealing to VC DU for reinstating DU officials. Now let people of this country know your actual educational qualification?.
Earlier, he had attacked the Narendra Modi government over the suspension of the university officials.
"5 officials of Delhi University suspended for leaking HRD Minster's educational qualification details!Does this Govt believe in transparency," Singh had posted.
Taking another potshot at the government, he had said, "ACHHE DIN AA GAYE HEIN. Would anyone stand up for the suspended officials of DU?"
Read: 5 DU staff suspended for leaking Irani's papers
DU had taken the action after a Hindi daily published the leaked documents. The daily had written that Irani had taken admission in DU's School of Open Learning last year, but had not appeared for her examination.
Irani is at the centre of an ugly controversy over her educational qualifications and a mismatch in the information provided by her in two election affidavits.
When contesting the 2004 Lok Sabha elections, she mentioned her qualifications as Bachelor of Arts (BA) which she passed in 1996 from DU's School of Correspondence.
2004 affidavit | 2014 affidavit
However, in her affidavit for this year's Lok Sabha election, the actor-turned-politician mentioned her educational qualification as "Bachelor of Commerce Part I, School of Open Learning (Correspondence), University of Delhi - 1994."
The Congress voiced strong protests against an "undergraduate" being appointed the HRD minister and the BJP countered it with questions about Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's academic background.
(With IANS and PTI inputs)
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