Although the Human
Resources Development Ministry was quick to clarify on minister Smriti Irani’s
statement about her ‘degree’ from Yale University, Twitterati and netizens
indulged in a hearty laugh over Smiti Irani’s ‘Yale University degree’
statement. Irani had said, “In that kitty of mine where people call me ‘anpad’
(illiterate) I do have a degree from Yale University as well which I can bring
out and show how Yale celebrated by leadership capacities. Extraneous
circumstances are being created so that I deviate my concentration from what my
goals are.”
After making the
statement, Irani shied away from explaining what the Yale degree was about but
she was part of a group of Indian MPs which underwent a crash course at the
Yale University. 11 Indian MPs had gone to the Yale University campus in New
Haven, Connecticut on June 19 last year to complete a six-day leadership
program with Yale faculty. Irani’s recent statement refreshed the incident that
had raised questions on her educational qualifications few months ago.
Irani was at the centre of
a raging controversy over her educational qualifications after it emerged that
she had made contradictory declarations when she contested the parliamentary
elections in 2004 and 2014.
Here’s a compilation of
some of the funniest tweets and Facebook posts based on Irani’s statement:
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Neeta Dayya
Brid: She has done her degree from Yale University, Honey Singh has
done degree from YoYo University, Yale has done degree from Lovely University.
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MOUMITA CHOWDHURY @immoumita:
2 more days at Yale, You could’ve been Dr. Smriti Irani 😛
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Deepika
Bhardwaj @DeepikaBhardwaj: Suddenly every Indian citizen
has graduated from many more Institutes, earned many more DEGREES! Tx @smritiirani
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Santoesha Bissesar @MsSantoesha:
#YoSmritiSoCertified
@chetan_bhagat writing a
book on @smritiirani -> 5
degrees of my life : BA ,BCom,12th pass,Yale and Modi’s choti behen
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Prerna @Prerna_India:
The world s at sharda university where r u?? irani: at yale #YoSmritiSoCertified
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Vicky @MrTippler: Smriti Irani
replaces the batteries in a kid’s toy car. Writes ‘Automobile Engineer’ in bio.
