FILE PHOTO: Rahul Gandhi, President of India's main opposition Congress party, speaks with his mother and leader of the party Sonia Gandhi at a prayer meet during their visit to Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad, India, March 12, 2019. REUTERS/Amit Dave
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's government has asked Rahul Gandhi, the president of the main opposition Congress party, to respond to a complaint by a lawmaker from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party accusing him of holding dual British citizenship against Indian law.
Gandhi, the scion of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty that has dominated Indian politics for much of its history since independence from Britain in 1947, is the main challenger to Modi in the 39-day general election that began on April 11. Results will be known on May 23.
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