Rahul Gandhi's dual citizenship case: Allahabad High Court gives four weeks to Centre to file report

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

The Centre sought eight weeks' time when the matter came up for hearing on Monday but the court granted only four weeks to file its report on the matter and fixed April 21 for further hearing.

A Karnataka lawyer and BJP member S Vignesh Shishir had 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.