A post is widely being shared on social media, purportedly showing the education status of Bihar’s Cabinet ministers. The post shows that most of the Cabinet ministers of Bihar have not even done their graduation.
The post reads: “RTI REPLY OF BIHAR GOVT:
Bihar Cabinet Members.. Their Departments.. Educational Qualifications..
1. Nitish Kumar CM – Engr
2. Tejaswi Yadav – Dy CM – 9th Class Fail
3. Tej Pratap Yadav – Health, Irrigation and Transport – Class 12 Fail
4. Abdul Bari – Finance Minister – 12th Class
5. Bijendra Yadav – Power Minister – Class 10 Fail
6. Manju Verma – Social Welfare – 12th Class
7. Manmohan Jha – Land – 7th Class
8. Madan Sahani – Fertilizers – 10th Class
9. Ashok Chaudhary – Education – 10th Class
10. Vijay Prakash – Labourer – 5th Class
11. Kapil Dev Kamat – Panchayat – 3rd Class
12. Santosh Nirala – SC/ST Department – 12th Class
13. Abdul Jalil – Planning – 8th Class
14. Chandra Shekhar – Disaster Management – 4th Class
15. Jai Kumar Singh – Industries – 10th Class
16. Krishna Chandra Verma – Law – 6th Class
17. Khurshid Feroze – Small Scale Industry – 5th Class
18. Shailesh Kumar – Rural Development – 2nd Class
19. Alok Mehta – Co-operative – 3rd Class
20. Shiva Chandra Ram – Agriculture – Illiterate
Jay Ho Bihar!”
The link to the post can be seen here.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile did a fact-check, and found it to be misleading.
We checked the educational qualification of each minister mentioned in the list one by one.
Nitish Kumar:
According to the website CM Bihar, he did his B.Sc in engineering from Bihar College of Engineering, Patna. He is the CM of Bihar.
Tejashwi Prasad Yadav:
According to MyNetaInfo, Tejashwi Prasad Yadav passed class 9th from DPS R.K Puram, New Delhi in 2006. He is the Deputy CM of Bihar.
Tej Pratap Yadav:
According to MyNeta. info, Tej Pratap Yadav did his intermediate from BSEB, Patna, in 2010. He is Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and not Health, Irrigation and Transport Minister.
Abdul Bari Siddiqui:
According to MyNeta.Info, Abdul Bari Siddiqui was the former finance minister of Bihar, and he had passed his I.Sc from A.N. College, Magadh University. According to Jagran Josh, currently, Vijay Kumar Chaudhary holds the portfolio of finance department, and he has pursued M.A. from Patna University.
Bijendraa Prasad Yadav:
According to data available on the affidavit of the website of the Election Commission of India, Bijendra Prasad Yadav had passed class 12th, unlike the viral claim, which says he passed class 10th. He is the Cabinet Minister for Energy, Planning and Development.
Manju Verma:
According to the data published by the Election Commission of India, Manju Verma has studied till class 12th. But she is not the current Social Welfare minister. Madan Sahni is the current Social Welfare minister.
Manmohan Jha:
To our surprise, there is no person named Manmohan Jha in the Bihar Cabinet. And the current Land Minister is Alok Kumar Mehta.
Madan Sahni:
Madan Sahni is the Social Welfare Minister, not the Fertilizers Minister of Bihar. As per the ECI website, Madan Sahini has done his graduation from Kunwar Singh College, L.N.M University, Darbhanga, in 1992.
Ashok Chaudhary:
Ashok Chaudhary holds the portfolio of Building Construction, not the Education portfolio as the viral post claims. He has also done masters from Patna University, and PhD from Magadh University, Bodhgaya in 2003.
Vijay Prakash:
Vijay Prakash does not hold any minister portfolio in the current Cabinet. He has pursued MA from AN College.
Kapil Deo Kamat:
Kapil Deo Kamat does not hold any portfolio in the current Cabinet. According to MyNeta.Info, he has passed class 8th, unlike the viral claim that he has passed class 3rd.
Santosh Nirala:
He does not hold any ministry, as claimed by social media posts. According to CEOBihar, he has pursued BA from AN College.
Abdul Jalil Mastan:
We found that Mastan does not hold any position in ministry as claimed by social media posts. Abdul Jalil Mastan has passed class 12th, while the post claims that he has studied till class 8th only.
Chandra Shekhar:
Chandra Shekhar is Minister of Education, while the post claims that he is holding Disaster Management. He is a postgraduate in science.
Jai Kumar Singh:
He is a civil engineer from BLDE Vijayapura, Karnataka, and not a 10th-class student. He is a MLA and holds no position in ministry.
Krishna Chandra Verma:
No credible source confirms that he is a minister from Bihar.
Khurshid Feroze:
Feroze is a graduate and he is not the Minority Welfare Minister, as claimed by social media. In fact, Mohd Zama Khan currently holds this position.
Shailesh Kumar:
He is the minister of Rural Development, as claimed by social media. However, he has pursued his MA in contrast to the viral claims.
Alok Mehta:
Alok Kumar Mehta is an MLA, but holds no post in the Cabinet. Also, he has done his BE from Bangalore University.
Shiva Chandra Ram:
He does not hold any position in the current Cabinet, as claimed by social media. And he is a graduate from Akshaywat Rai College, Bihar.
Thus, we can ascertain that the viral claim is misleading.
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