Plea seeks FIR against Sonia Gandhi for getting her name into electoral rolls three years prior to getting citizenship

A criminal complaint has been filed in a Delhi court seeking a First Information Report (FIR) against Congress Rajya Sabha member Sonia Gandhi. The complainant alleged that Ms. Gandhi got her name added in the electoral rolls three years prior to getting Indian citizenship, allegedly by using forged documents.

Vikas Tripathi, who approached the court seeking action against the Congress leader, alleged that Ms. Gandhi’s name was included in the electoral rolls of the New Delhi constituency in 1980. He cited publicly available details which claim that Ms. Gandhi got Indian citizenship in April 1983.

Appearing for Mr. Tripathi, advocate Pawan Narang argued before Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Vaibhav Chaurasia of the Rouse Avenue Courts that Ms. Gandhi’s application for the citizenship is also of April 1983 then how her name got included in the electoral rolls in the New Delhi constituency in 1980.

Mr. Tripathi further stated that Ms. Gandhi’s name was deleted from the electoral rolls in 1982 and re-entered in 1983. Alleging that Ms. Gandhi must have used forged documents to get her name included in the electoral rolls, counsel demanded an FIR to be registered against her.

“For the 1983 electoral roll, the cut-off date was January 1, 1983, and the Congress leader had applied for citizenship in April 1983,” he added.

Without issuing any formal notice to either the Delhi police or to Ms. Gandhi, the court posted the matter for September 10.