GUWAHATI: With Supreme Court about to hear a petition that seeks to make graduation mandatory for candidates contesting polls, at least four out of total 14 MPs in Assam have been found falling short of this minimum qualification benchmark.
This was revealed in a report published by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), an election watchdog.
While two of these four MPs belong to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), one belongs to All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) and another one is an Independent.
The MPs are - MP Rameshwar Teli (Dibrugarh), MP Pradan Baruah (Lakhimpur), MP Naba Kumar Sarania (Kokrajhar) and MP Radheshyam Biswas (Karimganj).
BJP’s Dibrugarh MP Rameswar Teli has the lowest educational qualification among all the MPs from the state, being a matriculation pass. He passed the 10th board exam in 1989 from Tipling Ghat High School.
The second MP in this list from the BJP is Pradan Baruah who holds a diploma in Mechanical Engineering Educated at Dibrugarh Polytechnic College, Assam.
