‘Bapu didn’t hold a degree in Entire Law’: Tushar Gandhi on J&K L-G’s remarks

“I have dispatched a copy of Bapu’s autobiography to the Raj Bhawan in Jammu with the hope that if the Deputy Governor can read, he will educate himself,” he said in another tweet.

In a separate tweet, Tushar said: “I agree Bapu didn’t hold a degree in Entire Law!”.

In his speech at ITM Gwalior, while differentiating between literacy and education, Sinha had said:” In the country many educated people think Gandhiji had a law degree. Gandhi ji had no degree,” Sinha said.

“Many of us who think that Mahatma Gandhi had a law degree, no he didn’t. His only qualification was a high school diploma. He qualified to practise law but he didn’t have a law degree. He had no degree. Just look at how educated he was. He became the Father of the Nation,” the L-G said.

On the occasion, Sinha also talked about saint Kabir Das and cricketer Sachin Tendulkar to make his point that degree does not determine education.

“Mark Twain said I didn’t allow my schooling to interfere with my education,” the J-K Lt Governor pointed out.

“Sachin Tendulkar doesn’t have any degree. He had just passed high school. He received the highest honour of the country. Who would say Sachin was not educated?” he said.

Sinha said it was recognition of inner self that is important. “At a small age, Mahatma Gandhi recognised his inner self… he recognised his inner self is the truth,” Sinha had said.