Aam Aadmi Party on Monday produced a document to back its claim that Goa Public Works Department Minister Sudin Dhavalikar had given wrong information about his education in his election affidavit. The party had first made the allegation on June 18.
Goa AAP secretary Walmiki Naik on Monday produced lists – obtained from Chowgule College – of those who had graduated from the college in 1978-79.
Dhavalikar had claimed that he had done his BSc from Chowgule College in Margao in 1978-79.
The information provided by the college shows the lists of persons who passed out having completed BSc in 1980, as well in 1978 and 1979. Dhavalikar’s name doesn’t appear in any of the lists.
– Walmiki Naik, AAP Secretary, Goa
Meanwhile Dhavalikar has stood by his affidavit, declaring that, “If AAP wants, it may complain to the Election Commission.”
Naik also produced copies of marksheets from the University of Bombay showing Dhavalikar’s failed attempts to clear the BSc examination in April 1979 and October 1979.
AAP Goa exhorts the Chief Minister to now take immediate cognisance of this serious matter by removing the minister from cabinet immediately and directing independent impartial investigations under the supervision of High Court.
– Walmiki Naik, AAP Secretary, Goa
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