Allahabad HC gives ten days to Centre to file report in Rahul Gandhi’s dual citizenship case

Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Monday granted ten days time to the Centre to file its report on the double citizenship case against former Congress president and leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi.

The court has asked the Centre to clearly state if Rahul was an Indian citizen. The court fixed May five for further hearing of the matter.

The Centre filed a status report in the Court on Monday but the latter said that it was incomplete

The Centre had sought eight weeks' time during the earlier hearing but the court granted only four week to it to file its report in the matter and had fixed April 21 for further hearing of the matter.

A Karnataka lawyer and BJP member S. Vignesh Shishir filed a petition in the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad HC in July last year claiming that Rahul also held British citizenship.

The petitioner demanded cancellation of Rahul’s Indian citizenship  and also his disqualification from the membership of the Lok Sabha.

He claimed that he had in his possession some documents and e-mails which ‘proved’ that Rahul was a ‘British citizen’ and was not qualified to contest elections in India.

He also said in his petition that he had approached the competent authority with a complaint in this regard twice but there was no action and as a result he had filed the petition.