LUCKNOW, May 14 -- The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad high court has dismissed as withdrawn a fresh public interest litigation (PIL) filed by BJP worker S Vignesh Shishir from Karnataka, who sought the cancellation of Congress leader and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi's Indian citizenship.

The plea also sought a ban on Gandhi's foreign travel during the pendency of the alleged citizenship issue. A Division Bench comprising Justice A R Masoodi and Justice Ajai Kumar Srivastava passed the order on Wednesday.

This was the third petition moved by the same petitioner raising questions over Gandhi's citizenship status. Shishir's earlier two petitions had also been dismissed by the court. In its latest order, the bench permitted t...