Rahul's nomination valid: Amethi RO

April 22, 2019 12:56

Amethi returning officer declares Congress President Rahul Gandhi's nomination valid.

An independent candidate Saturday raised objections over Congress president Rahul Gandhi's nomination from Amethi, alleging discrepancies over citizenship and educational qualifications in his election affidavit.

Rahul Gandhi's lawyer, KC Kaushik, said, "Rahul Gandhi was born in India and he holds an Indian passport, he never took citizenship of any other country. His passport, Voter-ID, and his income tax, everything is of India."

On objections raised on Rahul's educational qualification, Kaushik said, "I don't know who Raul Vinci is or where he came from. Rahul Gandhi had done his M.Phil in 1995 from University of Cambridge, I have attached a copy of the certificate."

Complainant Dhruv Raj's lawyer Ravi Prakash showed reporters purported copies of a certificate of incorporation of a UK-registered company in which the Congress leader is stated to be a British national.

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