general knowledge refresher magazine subscription The Supreme Courts interpretation is based on the fact that uneducated or illiterate people getting elected to the local bodies can easily be misled by officials if they dont know how to write and read. Arguments against educational criteriaAgainst grassroots democracy When there is no minimum education criteria to become MLA or MP it is unfair to make such a criteria for panchayat elections.Misplaced Focus Experts have said that primary role of an elected public representative is to put forward the point of herhis electorate rather than being wellversed in technicalities of administration general knowledge refresher.