Subramanian Swamy writes to Lok Sabha Speaker on Rahul Gandhi’s ‘British citizenship’

NEW DELHI : BJP leader Subramanian Swamy wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Tuesday urging her to refer the matter of Rahul Gandhi’s alleged violation of Constitution and ethical code on citizenship to the Ethics Committee and disqualify him as MP if he is found guilty.

In his letter to Mahajan, Swamy said Gandhi, as a Lok Sabha member, has violated the ethics code to be observed by MPs and urged her to seek an explanation from him.

After that if she felt that a prima facie case existed, she may refer the matter to the Ethics Committee of Lok Sabha to decide whether he can continue as MP, Swamy said adding, that he should be disqualified because he was “guilty of gross violation” of ethics.

Swamy, who on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, had released documents purportedly showing that Gandhi had claimed himself to be a British national before the company law authorities there for setting up a company. He had demanded that Gandhi be stripped of his Indian citizenship and Lok Sabha membership.

Claiming that his documents of Gandhi’s purported declaration before British authorities were authentic, Swamy said Rahul had failed to disclose in his affidavit as a candidate for Lok Sabha elections in 2009 that he was not a citizen of India or that he had set up a company called ‘Backups’ in Britain.

Latching on to Swamy’s allegation, BJP on Tuesday demanded that Gandhi should come clean as the explanation given by Congress was not convincing. “Any elected Indian leader should give a clarification. We seek an explanation from Rahul Gandhi as these are legal documents and have legal repercussions as well. The statement needs to be made by none other than Rahul Gandhi. He needs to come clean on this,” BJP spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi told reporters.

Source : Times Of India