Now, AAP MLA Bhavna Gaur in degree controversy

In the 2013 affidavit, she claimed to have studied up to Class XII while in the affidavit for the 2015 election, she stated that she was a graduate from DU.

AAP MLA Bhavna Gaur

Even before the dust settles over the arrest of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Delhi law minister Jitender Singh Tomar for allegedly producing fake educational certificates, the party is facing fresh trouble over a similar issue.

A Delhi court on Thursday took cognisance of a complaint filed against AAP legislator Bhavna Gaur, which accused her of misrepresenting facts about her educational qualification in her election affidavits.

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In his complaint, lawyer Samarendra Nath Verma alleged that Gaur furnished different information about her educational qualification in two separate affidavits, filed during Delhi Assembly elections in 2013 and 2015 respectively, with the Election Commission.

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In the 2013 affidavit, she claimed to have studied up to Class XII while in the affidavit for the 2015 election, she stated that she was a graduate from Delhi University and held a Bachelor of Education degree from Maharshi Dayanand University, the complaint alleged.

The complainant has claimed that prima facie, a case can be made out against Gaur, MLA from Palam, under Section 125 A of the Representation of People Act (RPA) ,1951.

Metropolitan Magistrate
Dr Pankaj Sharma, while taking cognisance of the complaint filed by Verma, said, “After going through the notification which is filed along with the complaint and hearing the arguments of the counsel, in considered view of this court, the present complaint is maintainable as same is filed by competent person having locus standi and same is within limitation”.

Kaunain Sheriff M

Kaunain Sheriff M is an award-winning investigative journalist and the National Health Editor at The Indian Express. He is the author of Johnson & Johnson Files: The Indian Secrets of a Global Giant, an investigation into one of the world’s most powerful pharmaceutical companies. With over a decade of experience, Kaunain brings deep expertise in three areas of investigative journalism: law, health, and data. He currently leads The Indian Express newsroom’s in-depth coverage of health. His work has earned some of the most prestigious honours in journalism, including the Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism, the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) Award, and the Mumbai Press Club’s Red Ink Award. Kaunain has also collaborated on major global investigations. He was part of the Implant Files project with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), which exposed malpractices in the medical device industry across the world. He also contributed to an international investigation that uncovered how a Chinese big-data firm was monitoring thousands of prominent Indian individuals and institutions in real time. Over the years, he has reported on several high-profile criminal trials, including the Hashimpura massacre, the 2G spectrum scam, and the coal block allocation case. Within The Indian Express, he has been honoured three times with the Indian Express Excellence Award for his investigations—on the anti-Sikh riots, the Vyapam exam scam, and the abuse of the National Security Act in Uttar Pradesh. ... Read More

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