THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK
New Delhi, Dec 9: Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Sessions Court has issued a notice to Congress MP Sonia Gandhi pertaining to allegations that her name was included in the voter list before she became an Indian citizen.
Sessions Judge Vishal Gogne issued the notice. The petition filed in the Rouse Avenue Court claims that Sonia Gandhi’s name was wrongly added to the 1980–81 voter list.
According to the petition, her name appeared in the 1980 voter list of the New Delhi Assembly constituency, even though she became an Indian citizen only in April 1983.
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Petitioner Vikas Tripathi has also challenged the magistrate’s earlier order dismissing the complaint filed against her.
Reports say the court has also issued a notice to the state government and sought the Trial Court Record (TCR). The next hearing in the matter is scheduled for January 6.
Earlier, on September 11, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vaibhav Chaurasia had dismissed the petition, stating that courts cannot interfere in matters under the constitutional domain of elections.
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On August 13, BJP IT Cell head Amit Malviya had alleged that Sonia Gandhi’s name was included in India’s voter list at a time when she was not yet an Indian citizen.
