The Congress party has said that details of its chief Rahul gandhi’s passport and educational qualifications would be submitted to the Election Commission. This follows the NDA candidate in Wayanad, Kerala from where Rahul is contesting besides Amethi making allegations of Rahul’s alleged dual citizenship. The details would be handed over the returning officer in Wayanad, the party indicated.
“We will present our case before the Returning Officer. Law doesn’t allow us to disclose anything before. These objections are frivolous. During elections, opposition leaders always level such allegations against Rahul ji,” Rahul’s counsel KC Kaushik said.
Tushar Vellappally, the NDA candidate had on Sunday moved the Election Commission and filed a complaint with Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora seeking a review of the Congress president’s nomination from Wayanad. In his letter, Vellappally said Rahul is “not eligible to contest” the polls because he holds dual passports and “is not a citizen of India.”
“It is understood that Rahul Gandhi is having a passport of a foreign country also. He has not disclosed this fact in the nomination filed or in the affidavit,” Vellappally said in his complaint.
“It is said that Rahul Gandhi has professedly used the name Rahul Vincy in his educational certificates. There is no material to substantiate that Rahul Vincy and Rahul Gandhi is the same person,” he added.”I request you to review the acceptance of the nomination of Rahul Gandhi in Wayanad constituency to check for the validity and reject the application,” the letter read.
Rubbishing the allegations, Congress leader and AICC General Secretary KC Venugopal said: “These are bogus claims that is not even worth replying to.”
–India Legal Bureau
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