A Delhi court has issued a formal notice to former Congress president Sonia Gandhi , requiring her response to a criminal revision petition that rekindles a long-standing controversy regarding her citizenship status and registration on the voter list. This judicial action comes amidst a firm defence from the Congress party, with MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra outright dismissing the allegations against her mother as an “absolute lie" and politically motivated.

The criminal revision petition concerns the period before Sonia Gandhi officially acquired Indian citizenship. The central allegation is that her name was included in the voter list of the parliamentary constituency before her naturalisation process was complete, raising questions about the legality of her electoral registration at that

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