Sambit Patra slams RaGa over his UK citizenship row

Congress President Rahul Gandhi chose to become UK citizen by choice, but probably want to remain Indian by compulsion, said BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra hours after Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued a notice to Gandhi over his citizenship on Tuesday. Patra dismissed any political vendetta behind MHA's notice in which Rahul was asked to respond in the matter within a 'fortnight'.

New Delhi: Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) national spokesperson Sambit Patra on Tuesday slammed Congress president Rahul Gandhi after Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued a notice to him over his citizenship. He asked Rahul to issue a clarification in the matter.

BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra

Patra said, "Rahul Gandhi chooses to become UK citizen by choice but probably want to remain Indian by compulsion because he is a Lok Sabha MP and does politics in the name of family. So, he is Indian by compulsion and presents him as a British by choice."

"We have registration paper, dissolution and the annual return of Backops Limited. Rahul Gandhi is director, promoter and secretary. In the annual return of the company files on October 10, 2005, Rahul was a shareholder of 65 per cent. He has presented himself as a British in registration paper, dissolution paper and annual return," he further added.

MHA, earlier in the day, issued notice acting on a complaint states that the Congress president had declared his nationality as British in a UK-based company. The BJP leader demanded Rahul should prove in a press conference and tell that he had not authenticated these document.

Patra also dismissed any political vendetta behind MHA's notice in which Rahul was asked to respond in the matter within a 'fortnight'.

"If complaints go to the Home Ministry and leader of the house, they are bound to get clarification from authority against whom the complaint is made. This is not political vendetta but a clarification that the country seeks," he clarified.