Ruckus over rahul Gandhi's citizenship?There is a ruckusonce again over the citizenship of congress leader rahul Gandhi. In fact, the lucknow Bench of allahabad High court has sought details of action from the central government on the complaint made under the Citizenship Act-1955 on the citizenship dispute of congress leader and leader of Opposition in lok sabha rahul Gandhi. But do you know through which documents a person can prove his citizenship.Rahul Gandhi's citizenshipThere has been a discussion in political circles for a long time about the citizenship of congress leader rahul Gandhi. Not only this, according to the argument given in the court, there are many documents and some emails of the british government, which prove that rahul gandhi is a british citizen. It is being said in the argument that he is ineligible to contest elections and cannot hold the post of lok sabha member.What is the matter?Actually, it is being said that congress leader rahul gandhi has dual citizenship. The petition also demands that rahul Gandhi's dual citizenship is a crime under the indian Judicial Code and the Passport Act and that the cbi be ordered to register a case and investigate. The petitioner says that he sent two complaints to the competent authority regarding dual citizenship, but the present petition is being filed as no action was taken.CitizenshipThere is often politics about citizenship in India. After the citizenship amendment act was made by the government, people can easily understand the rules related to it. Not only this, citizenship has been defined through various articles in the Constitution. These articles have also been amended from time to time. Apart from this, Articles 5 to 11 of the Constitution define citizenship.In this, Articles 5 to 10 tell about the eligibility for citizenship, while Article 11 gives the parliament the right to make laws on the issue of citizenship. The Citizenship Act was passed in 1955 regarding citizenship. This Act has been amended four times so far in 1986, 2003, 2005 and 2015.
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