"The first issue is misstatement. Was the affidavit wrong? Only BJP can explain it," he said.
Incidentally, Irani lost both the Lok Sabha elections. She is at present a member of the Rajya Sabha.
Answering queries, Singhvi said the party was not targeting Irani personally over her educational qualification, but noted that the human resource development minister heads the boards of premier institutions such as the IITs and IIMs.
Party spokesman Ajay Maken -- whose tweet: "What a Cabinet of Modi? HRD minister (looking after education) Smriti Irani is not even a graduate! Look at her affidavit at ECI site pg 11!" -- sparked off the controversy, said that he agreed that no qualification was mandatory to be in public life but the party was raising the point about Irani's "appropriateness" for the post.
