India's new education minister in hot soup

Indian HRD minister Smriti Irani was at the centre of a raging controversy yesterday over her educational qualifications after it emerged that she had made contradictory declarations when she contested Lok Sabha elections in 2004 and 2014.
The Congress escalated its attack while the BJP hit back asking answers from it about the educational qualifications of Sonia Gandhi.
Curiously enough, the first salvo was fired by one of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's most vocal supporters, activist Madhu Kishwar.
Drawing attention to Irani's educational qualifications, Kishwar tweeted: “Smriti Irani merely Class 12 pass. Went to become fashion model on to TV serial bahu [daughter-in-law]. Is this qualification enough for India's Education Minister?”
As a candidate in 2004 elections from Chandni Chowk in Delhi, Irani had declared that she had a Bachelor of Arts degree.
In the same column of the affidavit filed in the 2014 elections from Amethi, Irani has said,"Bachelor of Commerce Part-1, School of Open Learning (Correspondence), University of Delhi-1994".
In 2012, the Supreme Court had ruled that false disclosures in an affidavit can be a ground for rejection of a candidate's nomination.
Latching on the issue, the Congress party said this was a mis-statement, distortion and a criminal offence which has electoral consequences.