A Delhi court on Tuesday sought responses from Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and the police on a plea challenging a magistrate court order refusing a first information report on allegations that she used forged documents to get her name included in the voter rolls of 1980, three years before she obtained Indian citizenship, Live Law reported.

Special Judge Vishal Gogne of Rouse Avenue Courts posted the matter for further hearing on January 6.

The plea was filed by Rouse Avenue Court Bar Association Vice President Vikas Tripathi.

Tripathi has alleged that Gandhi’s name was added as a voter of the New Delhi constituency in January 1980, when she was not an Indian citizen. The name was deleted from the electoral rolls in 1982 after the Election Commission found irregularities.

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