Right. To build upon this cutting-edge analysis, here's a bit of historical context.

1960 - Literacy: 28%; Congress: 371 Lok Sabha seats
1980 - Literacy: 43%; Congress: 163 seats
2000 - Literacy: 64%; Congress: 114 seats
2020 - Literacy: 78%; Congress: 52 seats https://twitter.com/ShashiTharoor/status/1344598254089105408

Just waiting now for the inevitable डूबते का तिनके का सहारा response.

"But later in 1980, under our infallible Indiraji's leadership, Congress got 43% of the vote in the election, and the national literacy rate was also 43%. Coincidence? I think not!"

#StatsLikeTharoor

And for the curious, the other years.

1950 - Literacy: 18%; Congress: Turned the indirectly elected Constituent Assembly into a provisional parliament.
1970 - Literacy: 34%; Congress: 283 seats
1990 - Literacy: 52%; Congress: 197 seats
2010 - Literacy: 74%; Congress: 114 seats

This MP will never reach Morarji Desai's empathy with the poor (or command of English).

"No man is devoid of knowledge, even if not literate ... in my country, an illiterate man will understand more of the facts of life than a literate man in the West."

"Moreover, there are many ways of improving oneself. Mine is not one patented way, it is one of the ways.

And who am I to be wiser than other people? I do not consider myself to be better than other people, that I should try to improve them. I would not attempt it."