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MHA refuses to share details on notice to Rahul Gandhi regarding Subramanian Swamy's complaint questioning his citizenship

Press Trust of India • June 4, 2019, 14:37:51 IST
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In April, the Home Ministry served a notice to Gandhi, asking him to clarify within a fortnight his “factual position” on a complaint by BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy questioning his citizenship status.

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MHA refuses to share details on notice to Rahul Gandhi regarding Subramanian Swamy's complaint questioning his citizenship

New Delhi: The Home Ministry has refused to share details on its notice to Congress president Rahul Gandhi following a complaint questioning his Indian citizenship, citing provisions of the RTI Act barring disclosure of information that will, among other things, impede the investigation. In April, the Home Ministry served a notice to Gandhi, asking him to clarify within a fortnight his “factual position” on a complaint by BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy questioning his citizenship status. In an RTI application, the ministry was asked to provide a copy of the notice to Gandhi and details of the response received from him. “The information sought cannot be disclosed under Section 8 (1) (h) and (j) of the RTI Act,” it said in response to the application filed by PTI. [caption id=“attachment_5327781” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]File image of Congress president Rahul Gandhi. PTI File image of Congress president Rahul Gandhi. PTI[/caption] Section 8 (1) (h) bars disclosure of “information which would impede the process of investigation or apprehension or prosecution of offenders”. Provision (j) bars “information which relates to personal information the disclosure of which has no relationship to any public activity or interest, or which would cause unwarranted invasion of the privacy of the individual…”. Citing Swamy’s letter, the Home Ministry said in its notice that it has been brought out that a company named Backops Limited was registered in the United Kingdom in2003 with Gandhi as one of its directors. Swamy’s letter also mentioned that in the British company’s annual returns filed on 10 October, 2005 and 31 October, 2006, Gandhi’s date of birth has been given as 19 June, 1970, and he declared his nationality as British, the ministry said. “Further, in the dissolution application dated 17 February, 2009, of the above-referred company, your nationality has been mentioned as British. “You are requested to intimate the factual position in the matter to this ministry within a fortnight of the receipt of this communication,” the notice said. Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi had then said, “I have never heard such rubbish. All know Rahul Gandhi was born, raised here”. “The entire Hindustan knows that Rahul Gandhi is a Hindustani…he was born before them…he was brought up before them…he grew up before them…what rubbish is this,” she said. In November 2015, the Supreme Court dismissed public interest litigation seeking a CBI investigation into the Congress chief’s citizenship. It noted that PIL pleas were not meant to target one individual or organisation but were a medium to resolve human suffering through good governance. Replying to another query in the RTI application, the Home Ministry said it is not required to maintain records of notices issued to individuals on their citizenship status. “No such records are required to be maintained as per the provisions of the Citizenship Act, 1955 and rules framed thereunder. Hence, information may be treated as ‘Nil’,” it said. The ministry was asked to provide details on notice(s) issued to all individuals questioning their citizenship status between 2009 and 2019.

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