The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Thursday issued notice to All India Congress Committee president Sonia Gandhi on a petition challenging her election to Lok Sabha from Raebareli parliamentary constituency.
A division bench comprising Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice Devendra Upadhyaya issued the notice on a petition filed by one Rajesh Singh, a resident of Raebareli.
Singh, in his petition, has raised the issue of Gandhi’s citizenship and her meeting with the Maulana Ahmed Bukhari, the imam of Delhi’s Jama Masjid, to challenge her election.
Singh has contended that Gandhi was not a citizen of India and as such was not eligible to contest the elections.
Singh’s lawyer Harishankar Jain said that Gandhi’s meeting with Bukhari to seek support of Muslims in the polls was a violation of the model code of conduct.
The petition will come up for further hearing on September 9.
Published 24 July 2014, 21:07 IST