Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy said on Wednesday that he will ask the Enforcement Directorate to register an FIR against Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi.
This is an escalation of his serious allegation against Rahul of taking a British citizenship to set up a company in the United Kingdom.
The maverick leader tweeted:
One crime has been admitted by Congi: Buddhu did set up a company in UK. So a FIR is to be registered under FCRA, PMLA, FEMA. I will ask ED.
— Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) November 18, 2015
I have traced Backops as a shell co. to companies receiving kick backs in Indian defence deals' illegal commission. Another press conference
— Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) November 18, 2015
Swamy has earlier challenged the Congress leader to release all documents that he has in his possession regarding his ‘citizenship’. He said that if for the sake of setting up a company in Britain, he has taken a British citizenship without informing the Indian government under the FCRA (Foreign Contribution Regulation Act), then he is subjected to prosecution.
“If he has not declared it in his affidavit as a candidate for Lok Sabha, not once but twice, then he is subjected to prosecution and even removal from his membership on that basis,” Swamy had said.
The BJP leader added:
“I have produced documents, submitted by the company in which Rahul Gandhi is the 65 percent shareholder, director and company secretary. He is informing the registrar of companies on his annual return that he is a citizen of Britain in writing, not for one year, but four years in a row.”
The Congress Party has so far rubbished the claims saying that Swamy and the BJP were repeating rehashed allegations levelled earlier on multiple occasions.
“Swamy and BJP are repeating rehashed allegations levelled earlier on multiple occasions including through press conferences held in Ahmedabad and Delhi in October 2012…From the day he was born, Rahul Gandhi has held Indian citizenship and Indian passport and has never held citizenship of any other country nor has he represented as such. The allegation by Swamy is entirely false. The Certificate of Incorporation of the said company is enclosed and clearly mentions,” Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala said.