The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court in Uttar Pradesh today directed the registration of First Information Report (FIR) against the Congress MP from Rae Bareli and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, in the dual citizenship case. A single bench of Justice Subhash Vidhyarthi observed that the claims made against Rahul Gandhi required examination and directed the Uttar Pradesh government to either conduct the investigation itself or refer the matter to a central agency. 

 

The direction came on a petition filed by a BJP worker, S Vignesh Shishir, who challenged a 28th of January order of a special MP/MLA court in Lucknow. The lower court had rejected his plea seeking registration of an FIR against the Congress MP, stating that it was not competent to decide issues relating to citizenship.

 

The complaint was initially filed before a special MP/MLA court in Rae Bareli. On 17th of December last year, the high court transferred the matter to Lucknow. Following the dismissal of his plea by the Lucknow court, the petitioner approached the high court.