<p>Breaking her silence over her educational qualification controversy, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Smriti Zubin Irani on Thursday said that she should be judged by her work.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“Extraneous circumstances have been created to ensure that my attention is deviated from the body of work I have been entrusted with,” she said, reacting to the controversy.<br /><br />Smriti, however, did not give specific response to the controversy over her educational qualification and alleged discrepancies in poll affidavits that she filed during the 2004 and 2014 Lok Sabha elections.<br /><br />“I will humbly request all of you that judge me by my work and I will not add anything to the statement that I have made,” she said.<br /><br />Smriti said she has been judged by her organisation with regard to her capacity to deliver on assignments.<br /><br />Congress leader and head of the party’s media department Ajay Maken had stirred a row by taking a jibe at Irani’s educational qualification on Tuesday.<br /><br />“What a Cabinet of Modi? HRD Minister (looking after education) Smriti Irani is not even a graduate! Look at her affidavit at ECI site pg 11," he had tweeted.<br /><br />The Congress later gave a fresh twist to the controversy as it alleged that in the poll affidavit filed in 2004, Smriti stated to have had a BA degree from Delhi University’s School of Correspondence in 1996.<br /><br />However, when Smriti Irani filed an affidavit to contest the 16th Lok Sabha elections this year, she stated that she did first part of the Bachelor of Commerce through a correspondence course from the School of Open Learning of the Delhi University in 1994, the opposition party claimed.</p>
<p>Breaking her silence over her educational qualification controversy, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Smriti Zubin Irani on Thursday said that she should be judged by her work.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“Extraneous circumstances have been created to ensure that my attention is deviated from the body of work I have been entrusted with,” she said, reacting to the controversy.<br /><br />Smriti, however, did not give specific response to the controversy over her educational qualification and alleged discrepancies in poll affidavits that she filed during the 2004 and 2014 Lok Sabha elections.<br /><br />“I will humbly request all of you that judge me by my work and I will not add anything to the statement that I have made,” she said.<br /><br />Smriti said she has been judged by her organisation with regard to her capacity to deliver on assignments.<br /><br />Congress leader and head of the party’s media department Ajay Maken had stirred a row by taking a jibe at Irani’s educational qualification on Tuesday.<br /><br />“What a Cabinet of Modi? HRD Minister (looking after education) Smriti Irani is not even a graduate! Look at her affidavit at ECI site pg 11," he had tweeted.<br /><br />The Congress later gave a fresh twist to the controversy as it alleged that in the poll affidavit filed in 2004, Smriti stated to have had a BA degree from Delhi University’s School of Correspondence in 1996.<br /><br />However, when Smriti Irani filed an affidavit to contest the 16th Lok Sabha elections this year, she stated that she did first part of the Bachelor of Commerce through a correspondence course from the School of Open Learning of the Delhi University in 1994, the opposition party claimed.</p>
