BJP’s charge: Sonia Gandhi’s name was in voter list, before becoming an Indian citizen

New Delhi

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has made serious allegations against Congress leader Sonia Gandhi that his name was included in the voter list three years before he became an Indian citizen. BJP MP Anurag Thakur said in a press conference that Italian -born Sonia Gandhi’s name was added to the voter list in 1980, while she became an Indian citizen in 1983.

At the same time, BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya shared a copy of a 1980 voter list on X, including Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Sanjay Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Maneka Gandhi in the voter list of Polling Station No. 145 located in Safdarjung Road in New Delhi parliamentary constituency, Amit Malviya alleged that Sonia Gandhi was a citizen of Italy and it is a violation of law at that time.

Amit Malviya claimed that Sonia Gandhi’s name was removed from the voter list in 1982 after public anger, but was re -added in January 1983. He said that this was also against the rules, because even at that time he got Indian citizenship on 30 April 1983, while the date fixed for voter registration was 1 January 1983.

BJP leaders alleged that Sonia Gandhi’s name was added twice to the voter list without citizenship, which is a clear example of electoral disturbances. He questioned why he took Indian citizenship only after 15 years of marriage to Rajiv Gandhi.

Amit Malviya said in the X post that Sonia Gandhi’s relationship with India’s voter list is full of severe violations of election laws, perhaps that is why Rahul Gandhi is in favor of regularizing disqualified and illegal voters and opposes ‘SIR’.

BJP’s attack on Sonia Gandhi

Amit Malviya said that Sonia Gandhi was born in 1946 as Edviz Antonia Albina Mino in Italy, she married Rajiv Gandhi in 1968 and came to India. According to the Public Representation of Representation Act 1950, a person who is not a citizen of India is not eligible for registration in the voter list. Malaviya said that his (Sonia’s) name was first added to the voter list in 1980, 3 years before he became an Indian citizen. At that time he had Italian citizenship.

Name connected twice in voter list

He claimed and wrote, “In other words, Sonia Gandhi’s name was recorded in the voter list twice without fulfilling the need of basic citizenship. First for the first time in 1980 as an Italian citizen, and then in 1983, legally a few months before becoming a citizen of India. We are not asking why he did not delay to accept Indian citizenship after 15 years of marrying Rajiv Gandhi? Is?”
Rahul’s chanting on SIR continues

Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, had alleging collusion between the BJP last week by the Election Commission said that “vote theft” is being done through SIR. He has also launched a campaign against the alleged vote theft. He gave several examples to confirm his allegations of vote theft last week of how votes are being stolen. He had said that five methods have been adopted for this- duplicate voters have been created, fake and invalid voters have been created, wholesale voters or wholesale voters have been made in wholesale, voters with invalid photo have been made and form 6 of new voters has been misused.

The Congress leader on Tuesday accused the Election Commission of not performing his duty to implement the principle of “one person, one vote” and pointed to the claims of irregularities in the voter list, saying, “There is still a picture left.” He alleged that it is institutional theft and due to SIR, a large number of citizens, especially minorities like minorities, will be denied weak groups, which are required to present, which are required to present, which are required to present the necessary strengths There may be difficulty.
The first name was added in 1980

At that time, Sonia Gandhi and her family lived on Safdarjung Road, the official residence of the then Prime Minister of the country, Indira Gandhi. Earlier, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Sanjay Gandhi and Maneka Gandhi were the voters registered at that address. In 1980, the voter list of New Delhi parliamentary constituency was amended on 1 January 1980 as a qualification date. During this amendment, Sonia Gandhi’s name was added to the sequence number 388 in the voter list of polling station number 145. ”
Name included in voter list, violation of law: Malaviya

Malaviya alleged, “This entry in the voter list was a clear violation of the law under which a person is required to be an Indian citizen for registration as a voter.” Malaviya claimed, “After heavy opposition in 1982, his name was removed from the list and in 1983 he was again included in the voter list. But his name returned to his name raised serious questions.”
When did Sonia get citizenship?

Malaviya further clarifying the matter, writing, “In the new amendment of the voter list that year, Sonia Gandhi’s name was recorded at the sealing station 140 at the seallary number 236 and the qualification date of registration was 1 January 1983, while Sonia Gandhi got the citizenship of India on 30 April 1983.”