Amit Shah, Arun Jaitley show PM's degrees, demand apology from Arvind Kejriwal

New Delhi Top BJP leaders on Monday sought to put to rest the escalating row over Prime Minister Narendra Modis educational qualifications by going public with his degrees and demanded an apology from Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal accusing him of spreading lies on the issueBJP President Amit Shah and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley showing to media the degrees of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a press conference at BJP headquarters in New Delhi PicPTIBJP President Amit Shah along with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley addressed a press conference during which they launched a blistering attack on Kejriwal alleging that the AAP Chief was lowering the public discourse by spreading lies on the issue of Modis degrees and substituting governance with politics of adventurismReleasing Modis graduation degree taken from Delhi University and masters degree from Gujarat University both Shah and Jaitley alleged that Kejriwal has tried to turn a lie into truth by running a campaign to mislead the people of the countryJaitley even said the kind of allegations that have been levelled against Modi threatens federal polity in the country when a Union Territory indulges in irresponsible behavior to attack the Prime Minister They challenged the Delhi Chief Minister to verify his claims Arvind Kejriwal has been spreading lies about the Prime Ministers credentials He has committed the sin of defaming the country It is very unfortunate that we have to hold a press conference about the Prime Ministers educational qualification When you do not have any proof how can you spread allegations He should apologise to the entire nation said Shah adding he will also write a letter to Kejriwal to satisfy his queriesWhen asked about the authenticity of Modis BA degree Shah told a reporter to check it with the Delhi University Jaitley said it was ironical that such a charge has come from a political party several of whose MLAs are being prosecuted for having fake degrees The politics of adventurism is being treated as a substitute for governance he saidKejriwal has been alleging that the Prime Ministers BA degree is fake and that it was obtained by a namesake of him from AlwarLast week the Delhi Chief Minister said that he can assert with full responsibility that Delhi Universitys records have no mention of Narendra Damodardas Modi and that one Narendra Kumar Mahavir Prasad Modi from Alwar had taken admission in 1975The Delhi Chief Minister who has been demanding that Modis degrees be placed in public domain said the issue was not whether the PM was 10th pass or 12th pass but that he has furnished fake certificates and cheated the people of the countryJaitley said there cannot be a bigger example of an Aam Aadmi than Modi as despite being in public life he would travel from Gujarat to Delhi in the 70s to take BA examination as an external student I knew this because I was a student union leader in Delhi University then as he would stay in ABVP office in 33 Bungalow road here he addedTaking a jibe at AAP he said it should have rather praised Modi for his educational achievements as a common man for whom it is supposed to speakWithout checking up any fact AAP levelled such allegations It is public discourse at its lowest level he saidAsked whether a case of defamation would be filed against Kejriwal Shah ruled it out He also attacked Congress Manish Tewari and JD U leader K C Tyagi for supporting Kejriwal on the issue Congress should first clear the air on the AgustaWestland issue he saidAsked to comment on the CIC order over the issue Shah refused to react saying it was a legal issue whether the order was wrong or right