How did Sonia Gandhi's name appear in the voter list before she got citizenship? Complaint filed, hearing to be held on September 10

News Topical, Digital Desk : Former Congress President Sonia Gandhi's troubles may increase. A criminal complaint has been filed against her in Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court. In this complaint, it has been said that Sonia Gandhi got Indian citizenship on 30 April 1983, but three years before that, in 1980 itself, Sonia Gandhi's name was registered in Delhi's voter list. 

Demand for direction to register FIR

Now a petition has been filed raising the question that when Sonia Gandhi was not an Indian citizen, then how did her name appear in the voter list of Delhi? Were fake documents used for this? The complainant has demanded the court to direct the police to register an FIR against Sonia Gandhi in this case. The court is to hear this petition on September 10. This complaint has been filed before ACJM (Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate) Vaibhav Chauresia in Rouse Avenue Court. The complaint has been filed by lawyer Vikas Tripathi. It has been demanded that the police either register an FIR or file a status report.

He was born in Luciana village in Italy.

Let us tell you that Sonia Gandhi was born on 9 December 1946 in Luciana village of Italy as Antonia Edvige Albina Maino. She is the wife of former Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi. Sonia Gandhi went to Cambridge, England in 1964 to learn English language, where she met Rajiv Gandhi. She married Rajiv Gandhi in 1968, after which she came to India and started living in New Delhi. She took Indian citizenship in 1983.

Action is also going on in the National Herald case

Sonia Gandhi is already facing court proceedings in the National Herald case. The case is related to allegations of money laundering and criminal conspiracy, in which the Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed a chargesheet against her in April 2025. In this case, she and Rahul Gandhi are accused of money laundering of Rs 988 crore and fraudulently acquiring property worth Rs 2,000 crore. The case is pending in Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court, in which proceedings are going on under sections 420, 120B, 403, and 406.

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