LUCKNOW, Jan. 7 -- The special MP/MLA court of the additional chief judicial magistrate has started hearing of the case related to alleged British citizenship of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on a daily basis. The hearing began on Monday and continued on Tuesday in the court of additional CJM Alok Verma.

BJP leader Vignesh Shishir, who hails from Karnataka, has filed the criminal complaint case seeking direction from the court for registration of the first information report against Rahul Gandhi, who is a Lok Sabha MP from Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli district. He has raised Rahul Gandhi's citizenship issue.

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on December 17, 2025, transferred the criminal complaint questioning the citizenship of...