Congress notice to Chennai paper for questioning Rahul Gandhi's qualifications.Byline: ANI New Delhi New Delhi (dĕl`ē), city (1991 pop. 294,149), capital of India and of Delhi state, N central India, on the right bank of the Yamuna River. , Apr.29 (ANI): The Congress party on Wednesday sent a legal notice to the Chennai-based New Indian Express newspaper for publishing what it called "wild allegations and sly insinuations" on the educational qualifications of party General Secretary Rahul Gandhi Rahul Gandhi (born June 19, 1970) is an Indian politician and member of the Parliament of India, representing the Amethi constituency.[1] His political party is the Indian National Congress. . "Deeply distressed by your wild allegations, sly insinuations and self-serving innuendos, all premised on complete falsehoods and steeped in malice, a notice is being issued," party spokesman Abhishek Singhvi told reporters at the All India Congress Committee The All India Congress Committee or AICC is the Presidium or central decision-making assembly of the Indian National Congress Party. It is composed of members elected from State-level Pradesh Congress Committees and can have as many as a thousand members. headquarters here. Singhvi, a lawyer by profession, said that he had himself drafted the legal notice against the New Indian Express for questioning the M Phil degree of Rahul Gandhi in Development Economics from the University of Cambridge. Quoting a letter from Cambridge University Cambridge University, at Cambridge, England, one of the oldest English-language universities in the world. Originating in the early 12th cent. (legend places its origin even earlier than that of Oxford Univ. , which stated that Gandhi was a student at the institution and a member of the Trinity College Trinity College, Ireland: see Dublin, Univ. of. Trinity College Private liberal arts college in Hartford, Conn., founded in 1823. It is historically affiliated with the Episcopal church, though its curriculum is nonsectarian. from October 1994 to July 1995, Singhvi said he was awarded an M Phil degree in Development Studies in 1995. The notice said that it was beyond doubt that Gandhi had received the degree. "Instead of verifying anything from our client, you wrote the subject article falsely, recklessly and with complete disregard for truth, alleging that our client (Gandhi) did not complete his degree," Singhvi's legal notice said. Accusing the newspaper of bias, the notice said that it was unfortunate that such an issue had been brought up at the time of elections. "Our client is concerned with the systematic attempts that you have been making to defame de·fame tr.v. de·famed, de·fam·ing, de·fames 1. To damage the reputation, character, or good name of by slander or libel. See Synonyms at malign. 2. Archaic To disgrace. him and his family from time to time by false, malicious, scurrilous and defamatory personal allegations," it said. The notice also gives details of how Rahul Gandhi was admitted to St Stephen's College, Delhi University in 1989 and then went to Harvard, the US, for a Bachelor's degree after completing a year in Delhi. It said that Gandhi had relocated for security reasons and had completed his Bachelor of Arts degree from Rollins College Rollins College is a liberal arts college located in Winter Park, Florida, United States. Its current president is Lewis Duncan. Rollins College is situated on the south side of downtown Winter Park, along the shores of Lake Virginia. , Florida in the US in 1994. The legal notice charged the newspaper with having succeeded in defaming Gandhi at the time of polls, and added that this had caused him "grave and irreparable harm". The legal notice demanded an unconditional apology from the newspaper and said that its management should issue a clarification both in the paper and on its website. It said that if the offending articles are taken off the website forthwith and a clarification published as mentioned in the legal notice, Rahul Gandhi could reconsider his options. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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