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Rahul Gandhi citizenship case: Delhi HC directs Centre to seek instruction on status of Subramanian Swamy’s complaints

Former BJP MP Subramanian Swamy has contended in his petition that he had written to the home ministry in 2019 pointing out that Rahul Gandhi could not hold both British and Indian citizenship.

Rahul GandhiSwamy has contended in his petition that on August 6, 2019, he had written to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Gandhi’s voluntary disclosure of his British citizenship and said that Gandhi could not hold both British and Indian citizenship. (File photo)
Written by: Sohini Ghosh
2 min readNew DelhiFeb 20, 2025 10:01 AM IST First published on: Feb 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM IST

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Centre to seek instructions on the complaints filed by former BJP MP Subramanian Swamy over Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s alleged British citizenship.

The direction came from the bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela in a petition by Swamy.

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Swamy has contended in his petition that on August 6, 2019, he had written to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Gandhi’s voluntary disclosure of his British citizenship and said that Gandhi could not hold both British and Indian citizenship. The MHA had issued notice to Gandhi on Swamy’s complaint. However, Swamy contends that despite repeated representations made to the MHA asking for an update and the status of his complaint, no action has been taken or intimated to him to date.

Sohini Ghosh is a Senior Correspondent at The Indian Express. Prev... Read More

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