NCP alleges Vinod Tawde's pressure behind RTI plea rejection

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Press Trust of India Mumbai
Last Updated : Sep 09 2015 | 7:07 PM IST
Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education rejected an RTI plea about Maharashtra Education Minister Vinod Tawde's marksheet and board certificate due to Tawde's pressure, NCP today alleged.
NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik here claimed that the minister declared his education qualification as "BE (Electronics)" from a bogus institute called Dnayeshwar Vidyapeeth.
"It is believed that Tawde did not clear his 12th standard and hence an RTI query was made to clear doubts about about his 10th and 12th standard education," Malik alleged.
Public Information Officer and Joint Secretary Ranjana Chaskar of the Mumbai Board, in her reply to the RTI query by activist Anil Galgali, stated that the marksheet cannot be given to any "third person".
Galgali appealed against the same, but Divisional Secretary C Y Chandekar also rejected his RTI plea stating the same reason.
A written notice under Section 11(1) of the RTI Act has to be served along with a fresh application, and the roll number of the person, his year of passing and full address needs to be provided, Galgali was told.
Later, he sought information if Tawde had cleared or failed his 10th and 12th standard examinations, but "got no response".
Nawab Malik demanded that Tawde himself should declare his 10th standard and 12th standard marksheets, if he had nothing to hide.
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First Published: Sep 09 2015 | 7:07 PM IST

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