New Delhi/IBNS, Aug. 13 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has countered Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi's opposition to Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and "voter fraud" claims alleging his mother and Congress veteran Sonia Gandhi had featured in the electoral rolls even before she became an Indian citizen.

In a long X post, BJP's IT Cell head Amit Malviya alleged the former Congress president, an Italian by origin, was included in the voter list twice before getting Indian citizenship in 1983.

"In 1980, the electoral rolls of the New Delhi parliamentary constituency were revised with January 1, 1980, as the qualifying date. During this revision, Sonia Gandhi's name was added, appearing at serial number 388 in polling sta...