Strip Rahul Gandhi of Indian citizenship: Swamy to PM
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, November 16
Alleging that Rahul Gandhi had declared himself a British national to float a private company in London, BJP leader Subramanian Swamy has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to strip the Congress leader of Indian citizenship.
Swamy claimed that Rahul Gandhi was director and secretary of a company by the name of Backops Limited. “The incorporation papers of the company (no. 4874597) were filed with the registrar of companies in England and Wales on August 21, 2003 and the dissolution was made on February 17, 2009,” the BJP leader claimed.
Rahul is Lok Sabha MP since around 2004.
“No MP can incorporate a company abroad without the prior permission under the existing laws and without declaring the same in his nomination form as a candidate for election to Parliament,” Swamy said.
Swamy asked the Prime Minister to treat this matter with great urgency and strip Rahul Gandhi of his citizenship and Lok Sabha membership forthwith.
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." (With PTI inputs)
