'1980 voter list petition politically motivated'
New Delhi, Feb. 8 -- Congress parliamentary party leader Sonia Gandhi on Saturday told a Delhi court that the complaint alleging her inclusion in the electoral rolls before she became an Indian citizen was "politically motivated", and lacked documentary evidence to show any manipulation and forgery on her end.
Gandhi, through her advocates Tarannum Cheema and Kanishka Singh, filed a six-page response before special judge of the Rouse Avenue Courts, Vishal Gogne, who is presiding over a revision petition moved by one Vikas Tripathi. The petitioner is challenging an order passed on September 11 last year by a magisterial court, which dismissed his complaint after holding that the accusations against Gandhi abused the process of law.
While junking the plea which sought directions for investigation, the magistrate had pointed to the lack of any cogent evidence against the Congress leader proving she forged papers to enrol herself as a voter. The court also stated that the issue went beyond the court's jurisdiction as it involved issues which pertained to the central government and the ECI. Represented through senior advocate Pawan Narang and advocate Himanshu Sethi, Pathak had filed a complaint claiming that while Sonia Gandhi took Indian citizenship on April 30, 1983, her name was enrolled as a voter in the electoral list three years before, in 1980. The complaint alleged Gandhi's name was deleted in 1982 and re-entered again in poll rolls on January 1, 1983....
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