Facing major embarrassment over the fake degree row involving former Delhi law minister Jitender Singh Tomar, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday made a face saving bid by announcing an internal probe into the issue.
Addressing a press conference in the national capital, senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh conceded that the controversy over Tomar’s degree has raised questions in the minds of people and they need to be answered.
Announcing an investigation by the internal Lokpal of the party, Singh said that the party will seek all required information from educational institutions where Tomar procured his alleged fake degrees from.
The Aam Aadmi Party also dragged the names of Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ramashankar Kataria, demanding a probe by the Centre into their alleged fake degrees.
He said that AAP was also seeking legal opinion into the issue, urging Delhi Police to initiate "swift" action against Irani and Kataria, as "it had done in Tomar’s case".
The AAP leader further alleged that as many as 30 per cent of the ministers in the Narendra Modi Cabinet were facing serious criminal charges, but the Prime Minister "does not have time" to act against them because of his "foreign tours".
The statement by the party came amid reports that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was upset with Tomar over the fake degree row and might even expel him from the party.
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