Sonia Gandhi on poll roll before attaining citizenship: BJP

The BJP on Wednesday escalated its attack on the Congress, with its IT Cell chief Amit Malviya alleging that Sonia Gandhi was registered as an Indian voter years before she obtained citizenship. The charge came amid the Congress’ criticism of alleged voter roll irregularities and its opposition to the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar.

Malviya took to X, claiming Sonia Gandhi’s “tryst with India’s voters’ list is riddled with glaring violations of electoral law” — a situation he linked to Rahul Gandhi’s “fondness for regularising ineligible and illegal voters” and opposing the SIR.

According to Malviya, Gandhi’s name first appeared on the electoral rolls in 1980 — three years before she became an Indian citizen, while she still held Italian nationality. At the time, the Gandhi family was living at 1, Safdarjung Road, the then residence of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.