Congress president Rahul Gandhi has been asked by the Centre to respond to a complaint within two weeks that alleged he is a British citizen.
BC Joshi, director, (citizenship), in the Home Ministry in his letter to Rahul Gandhi has written that he has been directed to point out that the Ministry had received a complaint from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parliamentarian Subramanian Swamy in which he had mentioned that he had been named as one of the directors and secretary of a company that was registered in the United Kingdom in 2003.
The complaint said that in the annual return of the company filed in 2005 and 2006 Rahul Gandhi has been mentioned a British citizen. The company was dissolved in 2009. In the dissolution application Rahul Gandhi was also mentioned as a British citizen.
The official of the home ministry has, on the basis of this complaint, asked the Congress president to give a “factual” respone. Subramaniam Swamy had brought up this issue in 2015, in a complaint to the Ethics Committee of the Parliament. Rahul Gandhi in his reply had denied the allegation made and had accused the complainant of misleading the nation.
Reacting to the complaint filed and the government’s response, Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said “They can do whatever they want, but they will lose the election”.
There are three phases left to the Lok Sabha polls that will end on May 19. Results will be declared on May 23.
