Lucknow, April 18 -- The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Friday directed the state government to lodge a First Information Report (FIR) against Rahul Gandhi, the leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress MP from Rae Bareli, in connection with a petition regarding his citizenship.

The court of Justice Subhash Vidyarthi passed the final order while hearing Karnataka-based Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker S Vignesh Shishir's petition seeking registration of the FIR against Rahul Gandhi due to alleged British citizenship.

Senior advocate SB Pandey, the assistant solicitor general of India who represented the Union government in court, said: "The high court has directed to lodge an FIR against Gandhi in the citizensh...