04-20-2006, 11:29 PM
Petition for debarring Sonia from contesting by-poll filed
New Delhi, April 21 (PTI): A petition has been filed before the Returning Officer of Rae Bareli Parliamentary Constituency for debarring Congress President Sonia Gandhi from contesting the May 8 bye-election if she "failed" to produce naturalisation certificate.
Divakar Dalvi, of the Sambhaji Brigade of Maharashtra, which had attacked the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute in Pune in the wake of James Laine's controversial book on Chhatrapati Shivaji, told reporters that he would challenge the election of Gandhi in courts if the returning officer allowed her to contest without obtaining her naturalisation certificate.
New Delhi, April 21 (PTI): A petition has been filed before the Returning Officer of Rae Bareli Parliamentary Constituency for debarring Congress President Sonia Gandhi from contesting the May 8 bye-election if she "failed" to produce naturalisation certificate.
Divakar Dalvi, of the Sambhaji Brigade of Maharashtra, which had attacked the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute in Pune in the wake of James Laine's controversial book on Chhatrapati Shivaji, told reporters that he would challenge the election of Gandhi in courts if the returning officer allowed her to contest without obtaining her naturalisation certificate.