04-08-2009, 12:32 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->> *PRESS RELEASE of Janata Party*
>
> The revelation in New Indian Express, Chennai today of the false claim
> of Mr.Rahul Gandhi made in his sworn affidavit that he holds a M Phil
> in Development Economics from Trinity College, Cambridge University
> calls from an immediate Notice for perjury to be sent to him by the
> Election Commission. Otherwise, I shall move the Courts for action.
>
> The revelation confirms the disclosure I made after a visit to the
> Department of Development Studies, University of Cambridge in 2005. I
> was informed by the Department's library and revealed in its computer,
> that Mr.Gandhi did not complete his M Phil degree because he had
> failed the National Economic Planning and Policy exam and hence could
> not fulfil the mandatory requirement of writing a M Phil thesis (much less defend it).
> Also, Trinity College does not award M Phil degrees, and Development
> Studies Department has nothing to do with the Economics Department.
>
<b>> Moreover, according to University records Mr.Gandhi as Raul Vinci had
> given his citizenship as 'Italian citizen by birth since born to an
> Italian mother", and holds an Italian passport in that name. He also
> paid his fees from a numbered account in a tax-haven bank.
>
> Incidentally, Mr.Gandhi had failed the first year B,A in St.Stephan's
> College in Delhi because, as his sister had in Jesus and Mary College,
> he failed the Hindi compulsory course exam.</b>
>
> (SUBRAMANIAN SWAMY)<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
>
> The revelation in New Indian Express, Chennai today of the false claim
> of Mr.Rahul Gandhi made in his sworn affidavit that he holds a M Phil
> in Development Economics from Trinity College, Cambridge University
> calls from an immediate Notice for perjury to be sent to him by the
> Election Commission. Otherwise, I shall move the Courts for action.
>
> The revelation confirms the disclosure I made after a visit to the
> Department of Development Studies, University of Cambridge in 2005. I
> was informed by the Department's library and revealed in its computer,
> that Mr.Gandhi did not complete his M Phil degree because he had
> failed the National Economic Planning and Policy exam and hence could
> not fulfil the mandatory requirement of writing a M Phil thesis (much less defend it).
> Also, Trinity College does not award M Phil degrees, and Development
> Studies Department has nothing to do with the Economics Department.
>
<b>> Moreover, according to University records Mr.Gandhi as Raul Vinci had
> given his citizenship as 'Italian citizen by birth since born to an
> Italian mother", and holds an Italian passport in that name. He also
> paid his fees from a numbered account in a tax-haven bank.
>
> Incidentally, Mr.Gandhi had failed the first year B,A in St.Stephan's
> College in Delhi because, as his sister had in Jesus and Mary College,
> he failed the Hindi compulsory course exam.</b>
>
> (SUBRAMANIAN SWAMY)<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->