Rahul Gandhi's Dual Citizenship? FIR Ordered As Petitioner Claims He Can't Be An MP

Lucknow: In a huge setback for Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has ordered an First Information Report (FIR) against him over allegations that he holds a dual citizenship. The court has asked the Uttar Pradesh government to investigate the issue through any national agency.

This order was issued following a hearing on a petition previously filed in the court by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker named Subhash Vidyarthi. The petitioner alleged that Rahul Gandhi holds citizenship of another country in addition to that of India, an act that constitutes a violation of the provisions of the Indian Constitution.

In his petition, Vidyarthi claimed that Rahul Gandhi is ineligible to contest elections in India and cannot hold the position of Lok Sabha MP. The Congress leader is a Member of the Parliament (MP) from Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh.

Karnataka-based petitioner Vidyarthi apparently has some documents and emails of the UK government to prove that Rahul Gandhi is a citizen of Britain, along with being a citizen of India.

He has levelled allegations against Rahul Gandhi under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the Official Secrets Act, the Foreigners Act and the Passport Act.

His plea had been rejected by a special MP/MLA court in Lucknow in January. The lower court stated that that it did not have jurisdiction to decide on the citizenship issue. Thereafter, Subhash Vidyarthi the special MP/MLA court's order in the High Court.

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