The Supreme Court is likely to take up next week the plea filed to bar Rahul Gandhi from contesting polls over Citizenship row. The petition filed by two social-political activists of the United Hindu Front and Hindu Mahasabha seeks to bar Rahul Gandhi from contesting polls in India.
The plea further seeks a direction from the Top Court to the Poll Commission to delete Rahul Gandhi’s name from electoral rolls.
This came days after Union Ministry raising questions over Citizenship of Congress President on a complaint filed by BJP lawmaker Subramanian Swamy.
Union Home Ministry in the notice issued by BC Joshi, Director (Citizenship) stated, “This Ministry has received a representation from Dr Subramanian Swamy, Hon’ble M.P. in which it has been brought out that a Company named Backops Limited was registered in the United Kingdom in the year 2003, with address 51 Southgate Street, Winchester, Hampshire S023 9EH and that you were one of the Directors and Secretary of the said Company”.
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Following which Bharatiya Janata Party fired a salvo at Congress President Rahul Gandhi and ask him to make a clarification. “This is about three Cs – Citizenship, Confusion, and Clarification. The question of citizenship raised by the Home Ministry is based on authenticated documents,” BJP Spokesperson Sambit Patra said on Tuesday in a Press Conference.
While reacting on the development, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said, ‘When a member of Parliament writes to any ministry, action required on their query is taken. It is not a big development, it is a normal process.’
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on MHA notice to Congress President Rahul Gandhi over citizenship: When a member of Parliament writes to any ministry, action required on their query is taken. It is not a big development, it is normal process. pic.twitter.com/nziFJzg801
— ANI (@ANI) April 30, 2019