‘Let’s both show our degrees’: Abhijeet Dipke challenges PM Modi amid Boston University row

Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke has challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to show his educational qualifications, as questions over Dipke’s own education at Boston University resurfaced.

In a post on X on Thursday, Dipke said he was ready to show his degree if the prime minister did the same.

“People are really running out of patience waiting to see my degree. Makes me wonder how they’ve managed for 12 years without seeing the Prime Minister’s," the CJP leader said.

He followed it with an open invitation to Modi, saying, "let’s both show our degrees and put an end to this.”

Fresh questions over Boston education

The latest exchange followed a podcast by Prakhar Gupta featuring activist Sonam Wangchuk, during which Dipke’s educational credentials were discussed.

A clip from the podcast circulating on social media shows Gupta referring to a close friend who, according to him, had studied at Boston University and had also participated in protests led by the CJP.

“One of my best friends went to Boston University. Boston University is also Abhijeet’s college,” Gupta said.

Gupta claimed the friend later looked into Dipke’s educational background and could not find a graduation record.

“One month later, he has gone down the rabbit hole of checking Abhijeet’s educational credentials and found that there is no record of him graduating from Boston University," the podcaster claimed.

Dipke also shared a video compilation that appeared to show an afterparty posted by an account named “BUComGrad”. In part of the footage, he is seen sitting at a table and speaking with others.

Dipke says scholarship funded his education

Questions about Dipke’s education and how it was financed had also emerged earlier.

RTI activist Amit Tiwari had sought an inquiry into the finances of Dipke’s father, Bhagwanrao Dipke, a retired Maharashtra government employee. Tiwari questioned how the family could afford education in the US.

“I have complained to the Maharashtra Government that Bhagwanrao Dipke was a Junior Engineer at MIDC. So, if he received a salary of ₹60,000-65,000, how was he able to afford the education of his children in the US?” he told ANI.

Dipke rejected the claims in an interview with Barkha Dutt, saying his studies were financed through a scholarship and an education loan.

“My education was funded by a scholarship provided by Boston University. And I had taken some education loan which I have to pay back now,” Dipke told Dutt.

He also displayed his scholarship letter during the interview.

Dipke later questioned Modi’s degree disclosure in another X post, writing, “Why did the Delhi high court refuse to disclose the PM’s degree? From what I’ve learned from the IT Cell over the last few days, anyone who doesn’t show their degree is apparently a fraud and a liar.”