BJP questions Congress after court order on Sonia’s electoral roll entry

The BJP attacked the Congress on Tuesday (September 2, 2026), a day after a Delhi court set aside a Magistrate’s order refusing to inquire into a complaint alleging that senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi’s name appeared on the electoral roll in 1980, three years before she became an Indian citizen.

The court has remanded the matter back to the Magistrate court to pass a reasoned order after hearing fresh arguments.

At a press conference on Tuesday, BJP spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari asked if there were any irregularities in the inclusion of Ms. Gandhi’s name in the electoral roll in 1980. Stating that such an action was a violation of Article 326 of the Constitution and the Representation of the People Act, he said it was also a cognisable offence.