Minister climbs down in degrees

Surprisingly, a booklet offering a thumbnail sketch of the state8217;s legislators, prepared after the 1999 Assembly elections, states he is a Science graduate. The booklet was prepared by the state legislature as an introduction to the elected representatives and is based on details provided by the legislators themselves. Tucked away between the pages of both sets of documents is a lesson in honesty that Singh sought to give the electorate before his candidature was announced for the upcoming elections.

His rivals in the Congress did a double-take when he placed 8216;ballot boxes8217; in his constituency 8212; Santacruz 8212; asking people to vote on whether he should contest. After a sizeable percentage of citizens voted in the affirmative, Singh took the 8216;results8217; to Delhi to prove the support he enjoyed.