Dipke said on Thursday that he was prepared to display his degree from the US university if Modi did the same. “People are really running out of patience waiting to see my degree,” he wrote on X, adding: “Sir @narendramodi, let’s both show our degrees and put an end to this?”
The challenge followed renewed social-media scrutiny after a podcast clip circulated in which host Prakhar Gupta said a friend had searched for evidence of Dipke’s graduation and allegedly found no record. That assertion has not been established by the university and is contradicted by material published on Boston University’s own website.
Boston University’s College of Communication identified Dipke in a June 8 profile as a graduate who had completed a master’s degree in public relations in 2025. The university article, based on an interview with Dipke, described him as a “COM grad” and explicitly stated that he had finished the master’s programme the previous year. It also quoted him discussing how classes in public relations, strategic media relations and political communication influenced the campaign that developed into the Cockroach Janta Party.
That official university publication provides direct institutional confirmation that Dipke studied at Boston University and completed the degree, making the claim that no record exists difficult to reconcile with the university’s own account. No evidence has emerged from Boston University disputing the profile or withdrawing its description of him as a graduate.
Dipke also shared a video compilation that he said showed him at a Boston University College of Communication graduation-related event. His response sought to turn the dispute from a question about his credentials into a broader political argument about disclosure of academic records by public figures.
Modi’s educational qualifications have been the subject of political and legal disputes for years. His election affidavits have declared that he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from Delhi University in 1978 and a Master of Arts degree from Gujarat University in 1983, after completing his secondary schooling under the Gujarat board in 1967.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has previously displayed copies of degrees it said belonged to Modi, while opposition politicians have continued to demand access to university records. The controversy has also generated litigation under the Right to Information Act over whether universities can be compelled to disclose academic records concerning the Prime Minister.
In August 2025, the Delhi High Court set aside a Central Information Commission order that had directed Delhi University to permit inspection of records relating to students who passed the BA programme in 1978. The court held that educational records constitute personal information and that the Prime Minister’s public office did not, by itself, remove the privacy protection attached to such material.
The ruling did not determine whether Modi held the degree listed in his election affidavits. It addressed the narrower question of whether the information could be obtained through the Right to Information framework. Modi’s declared qualifications therefore remain part of his sworn electoral disclosures, while the court decision limits compulsory public access to underlying university records.
Gupta’s podcast remarks were framed as a claim attributed to a friend rather than a statement from Boston University. The university’s publication is therefore the strongest public institutional evidence in the dispute, although Dipke’s offer to display the physical degree could provide further documentary confirmation.
Dipke’s intervention came as the Cockroach Janta Party has moved from an online satirical campaign into a wider platform for youth-led political mobilisation. Boston University’s June profile said Dipke created the initiative after public anger over remarks attributed to Chief Justice Surya Kant, and that the campaign rapidly attracted a large online following.
