In letter to PM, Swamy demands that Rahul be stripped of Indian citizenship .
New Delhi : BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Monday alleged that Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has claimed himself to be a British national before the authorities there and has demanded that he be stripped of Indian citizenship and Lok Sabha membership.Circulating copies of documents extracted purportedly from the company law authorities of Britain, he told a press conference here that Rahul had declared himself as a British national in the documents related to a now-dissolved company.
This, he said in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is a violation of constitutional provisions and demanded that action be taken against Rahul. Swamy said he would write to Lok Sabha Speaker asking for either constitution of a special committee or refer the matter to the Ethics Committee for stripping him of his membership of the House. The Congress, however, sought to dismiss Swamy’s charges. Party spokesperson Ajay Maken said, “we don’t know what he (Swamy) has said. But he has the habit of getting back into news whenever he is sidelined.””From the day he was born, Rahul Gandhi has held Indian citizenship and Indian passport and has never held citizenship of any other country nor has he represented as such. The allegation by Dr Swamy is entirely false”, party’s chief spokesman Randeep Surjewala said in a strongly-worded statement.
He also released a copy of the Certificate of Incorporation of the company Rahul was trying to set up in the U K in 2003 which clearly mentioned that the Congress vice president as an “Indian national”. “Frustrated by their humiliating defeat in Bihar elections and internal revolt brewing amongst the senior-most leadership, BJP’s dirty tricks department led by Subramanian Swamy is resorting to petty and mindless mud-slinging” “The sole purpose appears to be to divert attention from inner revolt and paralysis of policy and governance being questioned all around including the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi”, Surjewala said. Besides, Surjewala insisted that Gandhi has never held any account in Pictet Bank, Zurich, nor has he ever been questioned or detained at Logan Airport, Boston, with undeclared cash.
