Citizenship issue: Entire country knows Rahul Gandhi was born in India, says Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

NEW DELHI: Congress general secretary (UP East) Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday refuted the allegations questioning the nationality of Rahul Gandhi as "baseless" and said that the entire country knows that he was born in India.
"Entire country knows that Rahul Gandhi is an Indian. He was born in front of them. He was raised in front of them. He grew up in front of them. Everyone knows about this. What nonsense is this?" the Congress general secretary said.

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Priyanka was responding after the ministry of home affairs sent a notice to Rahul asking him to clarify his position on his nationality after BJP MP Subramanian Swamy cited a British company's document to allege that Rahul Gandhi is a British national. In a letter addressed to the Congress chief, the ministry said that it has been brought to its notice that Rahul, in an annual return filed by company Backops Limited, has declared his nationality as British.
The Home Ministry said Swamy's letter also mentioned that in the British company's annual returns filed on October 10, 2005, and October 31, 2006, Rahul's date of birth has been given as June 19, 1970, and had declared his nationality as British.
The ministry sought Rahul's response within a fortnight.