Prahlad, vice-president of All India Fair Price Shop Dealers' Federation (AIFPSDF) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's younger brother, has said that the educational qualifications of HRD Minister Smriti Irani should be verified as done in the case of former Delhi Law Minister Jitender Singh Tomar.

"Just as degrees of AAP MLA and former Delhi Law Minister Jitender Singh Tomar are being verified, a probe should be carried out into the Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani's degrees," he said.

Regarding the controversy regarding the tainted former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi and Union Minister Sushma Swaraj on travel documents, Prahlad said it was done on "humanitarian" grounds and the issue should not be unnecessarily hyped to target an efficient External Affairs Minister.

AAP and Congress have already raised the issue of probing HRD Minister Smriti Irani’s degree and asked the Prime Minister to sack her from the cabinet.

To a question regarding Modi’s promise during the election campaign on black money, he said, "The central government is making all efforts. Black money stashed in India is far more than that in foreign countries."

Prahlad who is also the vice-president of AIFPSDF said, "Just as grocery is distributed from ration shops, LPG cylinders should also be supplied through them so that the income of such dealers increases and corruption gets checked."

By Premji